Part 1304

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To found or build upon; to fix upon as a support; -- followed by <tt>on</tt> or <tt>upon</tt>.</def>

<blockquote>Action is supposed to be <b>bottomed</b> upon principle. <i>Atterbury.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Those false and deceiving grounds upon which many <b>bottom</b> their eternal state]. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To furnish with a bottom; <as>as, to <ex>bottom</ex> a chair</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To reach or get to the bottom of.</def>

<i>Smiles.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Bot"tom</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or grounded; -- usually with <tt>on</tt> or <tt>upon</tt>.</def>

<blockquote>Find on what foundation any proposition <b>bottoms</b>. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To reach or impinge against the bottom, so as to impede free action, as when the point of a cog strikes the bottom of a space between two other cogs, or a piston the end of a cylinder.</def>

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

<hw>Bot"tom</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>botme</ets>, perh. corrupt. for <ets>button</ets>. See <er>Button</er>.]</ety> <def>A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Silkworms finish their <b>bottoms</b> in . . . fifteen days. <i>Mortimer.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Bot"tom</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To wind round something, as in making a ball of thread.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>As you unwind her love from him, Lest it should ravel and be good to none, You must provide to <b>bottom</b> it on me. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bottomed</h1> <Xpage=170>

<hw>Bot"tomed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having at the bottom, or as a bottom; resting upon a bottom; grounded; -- mostly, in composition; <as>as, sharp-<ex>bottomed</ex>; well-<ex>bottomed</ex>.</as></def>

<h1>Bottomless</h1> <Xpage=170>

<hw>Bot"tom*less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without a bottom; hence, fathomless; baseless; <as>as, a <ex>bottomless</ex> abyss</as>.</def> "Bottomless speculations."

<i>Burke.</i>

<h1>Bottomry</h1> <Xpage=170>

<hw>Bot"tom*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From 1st <er>Bottom</er> in sense 8: cf.D. <ets>bodemerij</ets>. Cf. <er>Bummery</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mar.Law)</fld> <def>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 <er>Hypothecation</er>.</def>

<h1>Bottony, Botton\'82</h1> <Xpage=170>

<hw><hw>Bot"ton*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bot"to*n\'82</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>boutonn\'82</ets>, fr. <ets>boutonner</ets> to bud, button.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Having a bud or button, or a kind of trefoil, at the end; furnished with knobs or buttons.</def>

<cs><col>Cross bottony</col> <fld>(Her.)</fld>, <cd>a cross having each arm terminating in three rounded lobes, forming a sort of trefoil.<tt>cd></cs>

<h1>Botts</h1> <Xpage=170>

<hw>Botts</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Bots</er>.</def>