Definition of bottom

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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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Ploc :: Ploc (n.) A mixture of hair and tar for covering the bottom of a ship.
Brisket :: Brisket (n.) That part of the breast of an animal which extends from the fore legs back beneath the ribs; also applied to the fore part of a horse, from the shoulders to the bottom of the chest..
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..
Aground :: Aground (adv. & a.) On the ground; stranded; -- a nautical term applied to a ship when its bottom lodges on the ground.
Thoroughgoing :: Thoroughgoing (a.) Going through, or to the end or bottom; very thorough; complete..
Precipitate :: Precipitate (n.) An insoluble substance separated from a solution in a concrete state by the action of some reagent added to the solution, or of some force, such as heat or cold. The precipitate may fall to the bottom (whence the name), may be diffused through the solution, or may float at or near the surface..
Shelve :: Shelve (v. i.) To incline gradually; to be slopping; as, the bottom shelves from the shore..
Seat :: Seat (v. t.) To put a seat or bottom in; as, to seat a chair..
Sieve :: Sieve (n.) A utensil for separating the finer and coarser parts of a pulverized or granulated substance from each other. It consist of a vessel, usually shallow, with the bottom perforated, or made of hair, wire, or the like, woven in meshes..
Scow :: Scow (n.) A large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends..
Bottom :: Bottom (v. t.) To found or build upon; to fix upon as a support; -- followed by on or upon.
Berme :: Berme (n.) A ledge at the bottom of a bank or cutting, to catch earth that may roll down the slope, or to strengthen the bank..
Bottom :: Bottom (n.) The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, sea..
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.
Foots :: Foots (n. pl.) The settlings of oil, molasses, etc., at the bottom of a barrel or hogshead..
Dragnet :: Dragnet (n.) A net to be drawn along the bottom of a body of water, as in fishing..
Abaddon :: Abaddon (n.) Hell; the bottomless pit.
Matrass :: Matrass (n.) A round-bottomed glass flask having a long neck; a bolthead.
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..
Shed :: Shed (n.) The passageway between the threads of the warp through which the shuttle is thrown, having a sloping top and bottom made by raising and lowering the alternate threads..
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