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Bottom
·noun The fundament; the buttocks. II. Bottom ·noun An <<Abyss>>. III. Bottom ·noun Dregs or groun...

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bottom
A polite term for the posteriors. Also, in the sporting sense, strength and spirits to support fatig...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
bottom
I. n. in gold-mining, the old river-bedupon which the wash-dirt rests, and upon which the richesta...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
bottom
Low land with a rich soil formed by alluvial deposits, and formerly the bottom or bed of a stream or...

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bottom
A name for rich low land formed by alluvial deposits: but in a general sense it denotes the lowest p...

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Bad lands
·- Barren regions, especially in the western United States, where horizontal strata (Tertiary deposi...

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Cuttle's Lands
Lands and houses called Cuttle's Lands near the church of St. Dunstan in the East (Strype, ed. 1720,...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
gally-lands
rather GALTY-LANDS, full of sand-galls. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
mud-lands
The extensive marshes left dry by the retiring tide in estuaries and river mouths. ...

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Bottom fermentation
·add. ·- A slow alcoholic fermentation during which the yeast cells collect at the bottom of the fer...

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Sulphur-bottom
·noun A very large whalebone whale of the genus Sibbaldius, having a yellowish belly; especially, S....

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bottom-clean
Thoroughly clean, free from weeds, &c. ...

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bottom-plank
That which is placed between the garboard-strake and lower back-strake. ...

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bottom-wind
A phenomenon that occurs on the lakes in the north of England, especially Derwent Water, which is of...

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foul bottom
A ship to which sea-weed, shells, or other encumbrances adhere. Also, the bottom of the sea if rocky...

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kettle-bottom
A name applied to a ship with a flat floor. ...

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sharp bottom
Synonymous with a sharp floor; used in contradistinction to a flat floor: the epithet denotes vessel...

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stiff bottom
A clayey bottom. ...

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«unlock the lands.»
A political cry in Victoria,meaning open up for Free-selection (q.v.) the landsheld by squatters on ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
filling a ship's bottom
Implies covering the bottom of a ship with broad-headed nails, so as to give her a sheathing of iron...

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pay a vessel's bottom, to
To cover it with tallow, sulphur, rosin, &c. (See breaming.) ...

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