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<p><b>2.</b> <def>Having the shape of a bottle; protuberant.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Bottle green</h1> <Xpage=169>

<hw>Bot"tle green`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <def>A dark shade of green, like that of bottle glass.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Bot"tle-green`</wf>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Bottlehead</h1> <Xpage=169>

<hw>Bot"tle*head`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A cetacean allied to the grampus; -- called also <altname>bottle-nosed whale</altname><-- bottle-nosed dolphin? -->.</def>

<note>&hand; There are several species so named, as the pilot whales, of the genus <spn>Globicephalus</spn>, and one or more species of <spn>Hypero\'94don</spn> (<spn>H. bidens</spn>, etc.), found on the European coast. See <er>Blackfish</er>, 1.</note>

<h1>Bottleholder</h1> <Xpage=169>

<hw>Bot"tle*hold`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who attends a pugilist in a prize fight; -- so called from the bottle of water of which he has charge.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who assists or supports another in a contest; an abettor; a backer.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>Lord Palmerston considered himself the <b>bottleholder</b> of oppressed states. <i>The London Times.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bottle-nose</h1> <Xpage=169>

<hw>Bot"tle-nose`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A cetacean of the Dolphin family, of several species, as <spn>Delphinus Tursio</spn> and <spn>Lagenorhyncus leucopleurus</spn>, of Europe.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The puffin.</def>

<h1>Bottle-nosed</h1> <Xpage=169>

<hw>Bot"tle-nosed`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the nose bottleshaped, or large at the end.</def>

<i>Dickens.</i>

<h1>Bottler</h1> <Xpage=169>

<hw>Bot"tler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who bottles wine, beer, soda water, etc.</def>

<h1>Bottlescrew</h1> <Xpage=169>

<hw>Bot"tle*screw`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <def>A corkscrew.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Bottling</h1> <Xpage=169>

<hw>Bot"tling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or the process of putting anything into bottles (as beer, mineral water, etc.) and corking the bottles.</def>

<hr> <page="170"> Page 170<p>

<h1>Bottom</h1> <Xpage=170>

<hw>Bot"tom</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>botum</ets>, <ets>botme</ets>, AS. <ets>botm</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>bodom</ets>, D. <ets>bodem</ets>, OHG. <ets>podam</ets>, G. <ets>boden</ets>, Icel. <ets>botn</ets>, Sw. <ets>botten</ets>, Dan. <ets>bund</ets> (for <ets>budn</ets> ), L. <ets>fundus</ets> (for <ets>fudnus</ets>), Gr.<?/ (for <?/), Skr. <ets>budhna</ets> (for <ets>bhudhna</ets>), and Ir. <ets>bonn</ets> sole of the foot, W. <ets>bon</ets> stem, base. \'fb257>. Cf. 4th <er>Found</er>, <er>Fund</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The lowest part of anything; the foot; <as>as, the <ex>bottom</ex> of a tree or well; the <ex>bottom</ex> of a hill, a lane, or a page.</as></def>

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