Definition of bottom

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Bottom (v. t.) To found or build upon; to fix upon as a support; -- followed by on or upon.

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Feuilleton :: Feuilleton (n.) A part of a French newspaper (usually the bottom of the page), devoted to light literature, criticism, etc.; also, the article or tale itself, thus printed..
Floor :: Floor (n.) The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.
Sole :: Sole (n.) The bottom of the foot; hence, also, rarely, the foot itself..
Bottom :: Bottom (n.) 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..
Bell Jar :: Bell jar () A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and closed at the top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top for lifting it. It is used for a great variety of purposes; as, with the air pump, and for holding gases, also for keeping the dust from articles exposed to view..
Stuff :: Stuff (v. t.) A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication..
Apollyon :: Apollyon (n.) The Destroyer; -- a name used (Rev. ix. 11) for the angel of the bottomless pit, answering to the Hebrew Abaddon..
Tompion :: Tompion (n.) The iron bottom to which grapeshot are fixed.
Flat-bottomed :: Flat-bottomed (a.) Having an even lower surface or bottom; as, a flat-bottomed boat..
Set :: Set (v. t.) To cause to sit; to make to assume a specified position or attitude; to give site or place to; to place; to put; to fix; as, to set a house on a stone foundation; to set a book on a shelf; to set a dish on a table; to set a chest or trunk on its bottom or on end..
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.
Undergird :: Undergird (v. t.) To blind below; to gird round the bottom.
Dragnet :: Dragnet (n.) A net to be drawn along the bottom of a body of water, as in fishing..
Settling :: Settling (n.) That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs; sediment.
Flatboat :: Flatboat (n.) A boat with a flat bottom and square ends; -- used for the transportation of bulky freight, especially in shallow waters..
Chauffer :: Chauffer (n.) A table stove or small furnace, usually a cylindrical box of sheet iron, with a grate at the bottom, and an open top..
Scuttle :: Scuttle (n.) A small opening or hatchway in the deck of a ship, large enough to admit a man, and with a lid for covering it, also, a like hole in the side or bottom of a ship..
Bream :: Bream (v. t.) To clean, as a ship's bottom of adherent shells, seaweed, etc., by the application of fire and scraping..
Underhung :: Underhung (a.) Resting on a track at the bottom, instead of being suspended; -- said of a sliding door..
Springer :: Springer (n.) The bottom stone of an arch, which lies on the impost. The skew back is one form of springer..
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