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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. |
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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. |
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That upon which anything rests or is founded, in a literal
or a figurative sense; foundation; groundwork. |
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The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, sea. |
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The fundament; the buttocks. |
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An abyss. |
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Low land formed by alluvial deposits along a river;
low-lying ground; a dale; a valley. |
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The part of a ship which is ordinarily under water; hence,
the vessel itself; a ship. |
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Power of endurance; as, a horse of a good bottom. |
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Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment. |
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Of or pertaining to the bottom; fundamental; lowest; under;
as, bottom rock; the bottom board of a wagon box; bottom prices. |
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To found or build upon; to fix upon as a support; --
followed by on or upon. |
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To furnish with a bottom; as, to bottom a chair. |
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To reach or get to the bottom of. |
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To rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or
grounded; -- usually with on or upon. |
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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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A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon. |
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To wind round something, as in making a ball of thread. |
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