Annotto :: Annotto (n.) Alt. of Arnott.

Arnotto :: Arnotto (n.) A red or yellowish-red dyeing material, prepared from the pulp surrounding the seeds of a tree (Bixa orellana) belonging to the tropical regions of America. It is used for coloring cheese, butter, etc..

Arnotto :: Arnotto (n.) Same as Annotto.

Boottopping :: Boottopping (n.) The act or process of daubing a vessel's bottom near the surface of the water with a mixture of tallow, sulphur, and resin, as a temporary protection against worms, after the slime, shells, etc., have been scraped off..

Boottopping :: Boottopping (n.) Sheathing a vessel with planking over felt.

Bottom :: Bottom (n.) The lowest part of anything; the foot; as, the bottom of a tree or well; the bottom of a hill, a lane, or a page..

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..

Bottom :: Bottom (n.) That upon which anything rests or is founded, in a literal or a figurative sense; foundation; groundwork..

Bottom :: Bottom (n.) The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, sea..

Bottom :: Bottom (n.) The fundament; the buttocks.

Bottom :: Bottom (n.) An abyss.

Bottom :: Bottom (n.) Low land formed by alluvial deposits along a river; low-lying ground; a dale; a valley.

Bottom :: Bottom (n.) The part of a ship which is ordinarily under water; hence, the vessel itself; a ship..

Bottom :: Bottom (n.) Power of endurance; as, a horse of a good bottom..

Bottom :: Bottom (n.) Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment.

Bottom :: Bottom (a.) Of or pertaining to the bottom; fundamental; lowest; under; as, bottom rock; the bottom board of a wagon box; bottom prices..

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

Bottom :: Bottom (v. t.) To furnish with a bottom; as, to bottom a chair..

Bottom :: Bottom (v. t.) To reach or get to the bottom of.

Bottom :: Bottom (v. i.) To rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or grounded; -- usually with on or upon..

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..

Bottom :: Bottom (n.) A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.

Bottom :: Bottom (v. t.) To wind round something, as in making a ball of thread..

Bottomed :: Bottomed (imp. & p. p.) of Botto.

Bottomed :: Bottomed (a.) Having at the bottom, or as a bottom; resting upon a bottom; grounded; -- mostly, in composition; as, sharp-bottomed; well-bottomed..

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

Bottomless :: Bottomless (a.) Without a bottom; hence, fathomless; baseless; as, a bottomless abyss..

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

Bottone :: Bottone (a.) Having a bud or button, or a kind of trefoil, at the end; furnished with knobs or buttons..

Bottony :: Bottony (a.) Alt. of Botton.

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