As you unwind her love from him,
Lest it should ravel and be good to none,
You must provide to bottom it on me.
Shak.
Bot"tomed (&?;), a. Having at the bottom, or as a bottom; resting upon a bottom; grounded; -- mostly, in composition; as, sharp-bottomed; well-bottomed.
Bot"tom*less, a. Without a bottom; hence, fathomless; baseless; as, a bottomless abyss. "Bottomless speculations." Burke.
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 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.
{ 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 buttons.
Cross bottony (Her.), a cross having each arm terminating in three rounded lobes, forming a sort of trefoil.
Botts (&?;), n. pl. (Zoöl.) See Bots.
Bot"u*li*form` (&?;), a. [L. botulus sausage + -form.] (Bot.) Having the shape of a sausage. Henslow.
||Bouche (&?;), n. [F.] Same as Bush, a lining.
Bouche, v. t. Same as Bush, to line.
{ ||Bouche, Bouch } (&?;), n. [F. bouche mouth, victuals.]