Webster's Dictionary 1913

4159

Bottleholder

Bot″tle‐hold′er (�), n. 1. One who attends a pugilist in a prize fight; — so called from the bottle of water of which he has charge.2. One who assists or supports another in a c...

4160

Bottler

Bot″tler (bŏt″tlẽr/), n. One who bottles wine, beer, soda water, etc.

4161

Bottlescrew

Bot″tle‐screw′ (�) n. A corkscrew. Swift.

4162

Bottling

Bot″tling (bŏt″tlĭng) n. The act or the process of putting anything into bottles (as beer, mineral water, etc.) and corking the bottles.

4163

Bottom

Bot″tom (bŏt″tŭm), n. [OE. botum, botme, AS. botm; akin to OS. bodom, D. bodem, OHG. podam, G. boden, Icel. botn, Sw. botten, Dan. bund (for budn), L. fundus (for fudnus), Gr. π...

4164

Bottom (2)

Bot″tom, a. Of or pertaining to the bottom; fundamental; lowest; under; as, bottom rock; the bottom board of a wagon box; bottom prices.Bottom glade, a low glade or open place; ...

4165

Bottom (3)

Bot″tom, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bottomed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bottoming.]1. To found or build upon; to fix upon as a support; — followed by on or upon.Action is supposed to be bottom...

4166

Bottom (4)

Bot″tom, v. i. 1. To rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or grounded; — usually with on or upon.Find on what foundation any proposition bottoms.Locke.2. To reach or i...

4167

Bottom (5)

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.

4168

Bottom (6)

Bot″tom, v. t. To wind round something, as in making a ball of thread.As you unwind her love from him,Lest it should ravel and be good to none,You must provide to bottom it on m...

4169

Bottom fermentation

Bot″tom fer′men‐ta″tion. A slow alcoholic fermentation during which the yeast cells collect at the bottom of the fermenting liquid. It takes place at a temperature of 4° - 10° C...

4170

Bottomed

Bot″tomed (�), a. Having at the bottom, or as a bottom; resting upon a bottom; grounded; — mostly, in composition; as, sharp-bottomed; well-bottomed.

4171

Bottomless

Bot″tom‐less, a. Without a bottom; hence, fathomless; baseless; as, a bottomless abyss. “Bottomless speculations.” Burke.

4172

Bottomry

Bot″tom‐ry (�), n. [From 1st Bottom in sense 8: cf.D. bodemerij. Cf. Bummery.] (Mar.Law) A contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship, or the master as h...

4173

Bottony

{ Bot″ton‐y (�), Bot″to‐né (�), } a. [F. boutonné, fr. boutonner to bud, button.] (Her.) Having a bud or button, or a kind of trefoil, at the end; furnished with knobs or button...

4174

Botts

Botts (�), n. pl.(Zoöl.) See Bots.

4175

Botuliform

Bot″u‐li‐form′ (�), a. [L. botulus sausage + -form.] (Bot.) Having the shape of a sausage. Henslow.

4176

Bouche

‖Bouche (�), n. Same as Bush, a lining.

4177

Bouche (2)

Bouche, v. t. Same as Bush, to line.

4178

Bouche (3)

{ ‖Bouche, Bouch } (�), n. [F. bouche mouth, victuals.]1. A mouth.2. An allowance of meat and drink for the tables of inferior officers or servants in a nobleman's palace or at ...

4179

Bouchées

‖Bou′chées″ (�), n. pl. [F., morsels, mouthfuls, fr. bouche mouth.] (Cookery) Small patties.

4180

Boucherize

Bou″cher‐ize (?), v. t. [After Dr. Auguste Boucherie, a French chemist, who invented the process.] To impregnate with a preservative solution of copper sulphate, as timber, rail...

4181

Boud

Boud (�), n. A weevil; a worm that breeds in malt, biscuit, etc. Tusser.

4182

Boudoir

‖Bou‐doir″ (�), n. [F., fr. bouder to pout, be sulky.] A small room, esp. if pleasant, or elegantly furnished, to which a lady may retire to be alone, or to receive intimate fri...

4183

Bouffe

‖Bouffe (?), n. Comic opera. See Opera Bouffe.

4184

Bougainvillæa

‖Bou′gain‐vil‐læ′a (�), n. [Named from Bougainville, the French navigator.] (Bot.) A genus of plants of the order Nyctoginaceæ, from tropical South America, having the flowers s...

4185

Bouge

Bouge (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Bouged (�)] [Variant of bulge. Cf. Bowge.]1. To swell out.2. To bilge. “Their ship bouged.” Hakluyt.