English English Dictionary

of Bottom

Without a bottom; hence, fathomless; baseless; as, a bottomless abyss.

A contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship (and sometimes the accruing freight) as security for the repayment of money advanced or lent for the use of the ship, if she terminates her voyage successfully. If the ship is lost by perils of the sea, the lender loses the money; but if the ship arrives safe, he is to receive the money lent, with the interest or premium stipulated, although it may, and usually does, exceed the legal rate of interest. See Hypothecation.

Having a bud or button, or a kind of trefoil, at the end; furnished with knobs or buttons.

Alt. of Bottone

See Bots.

Having the shape of a sausage.

A mouth.

An allowance of meat and drink for the tables of inferior officers or servants in a nobleman's palace or at court.

Same as Bush, a lining.

Same as Bush, to line.

Alt. of Bouch

Small patties.

A weevil; a worm that breeds in malt, biscuit, etc.

A small room, esp. if pleasant, or elegantly furnished, to which a lady may retire to be alone, or to receive intimate friends; a lady's (or sometimes a gentleman's) private room.

Comic opera. See Opera Bouffe.

A genus of plants of the order Nyctoginaceae, from tropical South America, having the flowers surrounded by large bracts.

To stave in; to bilge.

To scoop out, as an eye, with the thumb nail; to force out the eye of (a person) with the thumb.

To scoop out with a gouge.