Bot″tom, n. [OE. botme, perh. corrupt. for button. See Button.] A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.
Silkworms finish their bottoms in... fifteen days.
Mortimer.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.