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Crucible :: Crucible (n.) A hollow place at the bottom of a furnace, to receive the melted metal..

Bottom :: Bottom (n.) An abyss.

Hypothecation :: Hypothecation (n.) A contract whereby, in consideration of money advanced for the necessities of the ship, the vessel, freight, or cargo is made liable for its repayment, provided the ship arrives in safety. It is usually effected by a bottomry bond. See Bottomry..

Apophyge :: Apophyge (n.) The small hollow curvature given to the top or bottom of the shaft of a column where it expands to meet the edge of the fillet; -- called also the scape.

Berme :: Berme (n.) A narrow shelf or path between the bottom of a parapet and the ditch.

Bottomry :: Bottomry (n.) A contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship (and sometimes the accruing freight) as security for the repayment of money advanced or lent for the use of the ship, if she terminates her voyage successfully. If the ship is lost by perils of the sea, the lender loses the money; but if the ship arrives safe, he is to receive the money lent, with the interest or premium stipulated, although it may, and

Water Wheel :: Water wheel () Any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct action of water; -- called an overshot wheel when the water is applied at the top, an undershot wheel when at the bottom, a breast wheel when at an intermediate point; other forms are called reaction wheel, vortex wheel, turbine wheel, etc..

Ploughshare :: Ploughshare (n.) The share of a plow, or that part which cuts the slice of earth or sod at the bottom of the furrow..

Abaddon :: Abaddon (n.) The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; -- the same as Apollyon and Asmodeus..

Ripple :: Ripple (v. i.) To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore..

Flat :: Flat (n.) A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught..

Drag :: Drag (v. i.) To be drawn along, as a rope or dress, on the ground; to trail; to be moved onward along the ground, or along the bottom of the sea, as an anchor that does not hold..

Aground :: Aground (adv. & a.) On the ground; stranded; -- a nautical term applied to a ship when its bottom lodges on the ground.

Shelve :: Shelve (v. i.) To incline gradually; to be slopping; as, the bottom shelves from the shore..

Bottoming :: Bottoming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Botto.

Metal :: Metal (v. t.) To cover with metal; as, to metal a ship's bottom; to metal a road..

Lepas :: Lepas (n.) Any one of various species of Lepas, a genus of pedunculated barnacles found attached to floating timber, bottoms of ships, Gulf weed, etc.; -- called also goose barnacle. See Barnacle..

Settling :: Settling (n.) That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs; sediment.

Griddle :: Griddle (n.) A sieve with a wire bottom, used by miners..

Bottom :: Bottom (v. i.) 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..

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