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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

  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...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• 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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• 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-lands

  In the Western States, this name is given to the rich flat land on the banks of rivers, which in New...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• 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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• 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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