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Tailpiece :: Tailpiece (n.) An ornament placed at the bottom of a short page to fill up the space, or at the end of a book..

Webbing :: Webbing (n.) A woven band of cotton or flax, used for reins, girths, bed bottoms, etc..

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..

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..

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

Tiller :: Tiller (v. i.) To put forth new shoots from the root, or round the bottom of the original stalk; as, wheat or rye tillers; some spread plants by tillering..

Punt :: Punt (n.) A flat-bottomed boat with square ends. It is adapted for use in shallow waters.

Coffer :: Coffer (n.) A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire..

Tap :: Tap (n.) A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.

Dichotomous :: Dichotomous (a.) Regularly dividing by pairs from bottom to top; as, a dichotomous stem..

Dory :: Dory (n.) A small, strong, flat-bottomed rowboat, with sharp prow and flaring sides..

Shoe :: Shoe (n.) A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow..

Rip :: Rip (v. t.) To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; -- usually with up..

Base :: Base (n.) The bottom of anything, considered as its support, or that on which something rests for support; the foundation; as, the base of a statue..

Hog :: Hog (n.) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water..

Flatboat :: Flatboat (n.) A boat with a flat bottom and square ends; -- used for the transportation of bulky freight, especially in shallow waters..

Relief :: Relief (n.) The height to which works are raised above the bottom of the ditch.

Sounding :: Sounding (n.) The sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom..

Sill :: Sill (n.) A piece of timber across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.

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

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