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Webster 1913 Edition
Bottom
Bot′tom
(bŏt′tŭm)
, Noun.
1.
The lowest part of anything; the foot;
as, the
. bottom
of a tree or well; the bottom
of a hill, a lane, or a pageOr dive into the
bottom
of the deep. Shakespeare
2.
The part of anything which is beneath the contents and supports them, as the part of a chair on which a person sits, the circular base or lower head of a cask or tub, or the plank floor of a ship’s hold; the under surface.
Barrels with the
bottom
knocked out. Macaulay.
No two chairs were alike; such high backs and low backs and leather
bottoms
and worsted bottoms
. W. Irving.
3.
That upon which anything rests or is founded, in a literal or a figurative sense; foundation; groundwork.
4.
The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, sea.
5.
The fundament; the buttocks.
6.
An abyss.
[Obs.]
Dryden.
7.
Low land formed by alluvial deposits along a river; low-lying ground; a dale; a valley.
“The bottoms and the high grounds.” Stoddard.
8.
(Naut.)
The part of a ship which is ordinarily under water; hence, the vessel itself; a ship.
My ventures are not in one
bottom
trusted. Shakespeare
Not to sell the teas, but to return them to London in the
same
same
bottoms
in which they were shipped. Bancroft.
Full bottom
, a hull of such shape as permits carrying a large amount of merchandise.
9.
Power of endurance;
as, a horse of a good
. bottom
10.
Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment.
Johnson.
At bottom
, At the bottom
at the foundation or basis; in reality.
“He was at the bottom a good man.” J. F. Cooper.
– To be at the bottom of
, to be the cause or originator of; to be the source of.
[Usually in an opprobrious sense.]
J. H. Newman.
He
– was at the bottom of
many excellent counsels. Addison.
To go to the bottom
, to sink; esp. to be wrecked.
– To touch bottom
, to reach the lowest point; to find something on which to rest.
Bot′tom
,Adj.
Of or pertaining to the bottom; fundamental; lowest; under;
as,
. bottom
rock; the bottom
board of a wagon box; bottom
pricesBottom glade
, a low glade or open place; a valley; a dale.
Milton.
Bot′tom
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bottomed
([GREEK]); p. pr. & vb. n.
Bottoming
.] 1.
To found or build upon; to fix upon as a support; – followed by on or upon.
Action is supposed to be
bottomed
upon principle. Atterbury.
Those false and deceiving grounds upon which many
bottom
their eternal state]. South.
2.
To furnish with a bottom;
as, to
. bottom
a chair3.
To reach or get to the bottom of.
Smiles.
Bot′tom
,Verb.
I.
1.
To rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or grounded; – usually with on or upon.
Find on what foundation any proposition
bottoms
. Locke.
2.
To reach or impinge against the bottom, so as to impede free action, as when the point of a cog strikes the bottom of a space between two other cogs, or a piston the end of a cylinder.
Bot′tom
,Noun.
A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.
[Obs.]
Silkworms finish their
bottoms
in . . . fifteen days. Mortimer.
Bot′tom
,Verb.
T.
To wind round something, as in making a ball of thread.
[Obs.]
As you unwind her love from him,
Lest it should ravel and be good to none,
You must provide to
Lest it should ravel and be good to none,
You must provide to
bottom
it on me. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Bottom
BOT'TOM
,Noun.
1.
The lowest part of any thing; as the bottom of a well, vat or ship; the bottom of a hill.2.
The ground under any body of water; as the bottom of the sea, of a river or lake.3.
The foundation or ground work of any thing, as of an edifice,or of any system or moral subject; the base, or that which supports any superstructure.4.
A low ground; a dale; a valley; applied in the U. States to the flat lands adjoining rivers, &c. It is so used in some parts of England.5.
The deepest part; that which is most remote from the view; as, let us examine this subject to the bottom.6.
Bound; limit.There is no bottom in my voluptuousness.
7.
The utmost extent or depth of cavity, or of intellect, whether deep or shallow.I do see the bottom of justice Shallow.
8.
The foundation, considered as the cause, spring or origin; the first moving cause; as, a foreign prince is at the bottom of the confederacy.9.
A ship or vessel. Goods imported in foreign bottoms pay a higher duty, than those imported in our own. Hence, a state of hazard,chance or risk; but in this sense it is used chiefly or solely in the singular. We say, venture not too much in one bottom; that is, do not hazard too much at a single risk. 10. A ball of thread.
11. The bottom of a lane or alley, is the lowest end. This phrase supposed a declivity; but it is often used for the most remote part, when there is very little declivity.
12. The bottom of beer, or other liquor,is the grounds or dregs.
13. In the language of jockeys, stamina, native strength; as a horse of good bottom.
BOT'TOM
,Verb.
T.
1.
To furnish with a seat or bottom; as, to bottom a chair.2.
To wind round something, as in making a ball of thread.BOT'TOM
,Verb.
I.
Find on what foundation a proposition bottoms.