foul bottom

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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...

  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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• Foul

  ·superl Ugly; homely; poor. II. Foul ·noun ·see Foul ball, under Foul, ·adj. III. Foul ·noun A <<B...

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• foul

  To foul a plate with a man, to take a dinner with him. ...

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• foul

  ugly. Derb. ...

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• foul

  Generally used in opposition to clear, and implies entangled, embarrassed, or contrary to: as "a shi...

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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...

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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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• 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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• Foul-mouthed

  ·adj Using language scurrilous, opprobrious, obscene, or profane; abusive. ...

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• Foul-spoken

  ·adj Using profane, scurrilous, slanderous, or obscene language. ...

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• foul-mouthed

  Abusive. ...

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• foul air

  May be generated by circumstances beyond control: decomposing fungi, timber injected with coal tar, ...

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• foul anchor

  An anchor is said to be foul, or fouled, either when it hooks some impediment under water, or when t...

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• foul berth

  When a ship anchors in the hawse of another she gives the latter a foul berth; or she may anchor on ...

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• foul bill

  See bill of health. ...

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• foul coast

  One beset with reefs and breakers, offering dangerous impediments to navigation. ...

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• foul fish

  Applied to salmon in the spawning state, or such as have not for the current year made their way to ...

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• foul ground

  Synonymous with foul bottom. ...

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• foul hawse

  When a vessel is riding with two anchors out, and the cables are crossed round each other outside th...

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• foul rope

  A rope entangled or unfit for immediate use. ...

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• foul weather

  That which reduces a ship to snug-sail. ...

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• foul wind

  That which prevents a ship from laying her course. ...

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• running foul

  A vessel, by accident or bad steerage, falling in contact with another under sail. (See athwart // h...

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• foul-weather breeder

  A name given to the Gulf Stream from such a volume of warm water occasioning great perturbations in ...

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• foul-weather flag

  Denotes danger for boats leaving the shore; watermen's fares increase with these signals. ...

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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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• fall foul of, to

  To reprimand severely. (See fall aboard of, to.) ...

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• pay a vessel's bottom, to

  To cover it with tallow, sulphur, rosin, &c. (See breaming.) ...

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