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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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• Sharp

  ·noun A sharp tone or note. II. Sharp ·noun A sharp tool or weapon. III. Sharp ·noun ·same·as <<Mi...

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• sharp

  Subtle, acute, quick-witted; also a sharper or cheat, in opposition to a flat, dupe, or gull. Sharp'...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• sharp

  Prompt and attentive. ♦ Be sharp! Make haste. ♦ Look sharp! Lose no time. Also, an old term for ...

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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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• stiff bottom

  A clayey bottom. ...

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• Sharp-cut

  ·adj Cut sharply or definitely, or so as to make a clear, well-defined impression, as the lines of a...

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• Sharp-set

  ·adj Eager in appetite or desire of gratification; affected by keen hunger; ravenous; as, an eagle o...

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• Sharp-sighted

  ·adj Having quick or acute sight; — used literally and figuratively. ...

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• Sharp-witted

  ·adj Having an acute or nicely discerning mind. ...

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• Sharp, William ("Fiona MacLeod")

  (1856-1905) Wrote under this pseudonym a remarkable series of Celtic tales, novels, and poems, incl...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• captain sharp

  A cheating bully, or one in a set of gamblers, whose office is to bully any pigeon, who, suspecting ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• sharp set

  Hungry. A colloquial expression much itself in the United States as well as in England. And so I th...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• sharp stick

  'He's after him with a sharp stick;' i. e. he's determined to have satisfaction, or revenge. Western...

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• hauling sharp

  Going upon half allowance of food. ...

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• jack-sharp

  A small fresh-water fish, otherwise known as prickly-back. ...

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• sharp up

  Trimmed as near as possible to the wind, with the yards braced up nearly fore and aft. ...

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• trimmed sharp

  The arrangement of a ship's sails in a slant wind, so that she may keep as close as possible to the ...

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• jack-sharp-nails

  a prickle-back ; called also, in Middlesex, a strickle-back. Derb. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• 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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• sharp look-out before!

  The hail for the forecastle look-out men to be extremely vigilant. ...

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• pay a vessel's bottom, to

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

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