Sulphur-bottom

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• sulphur

  sulphur, and its derivv., v. sulfur. ...

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• sulphur

  sulphur, sulphureus see sulfu-. ...

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• Sulphur

  ·noun Any one of numerous species of yellow or orange butterflies of the subfamily Pierinae; as, the...

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• sulphur

  A mineral which forms a principal ingredient in the manufacture of gunpowder, and greatly increases ...

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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...

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• bottom

  I. n. in gold-mining, the old river-bedupon which the wash-dirt rests, and upon which the richesta...

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• 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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• Bottom fermentation

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

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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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• 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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