Vocabulary : Bottle-nosed to Bottomry

Bottle-nosed : Having the nose bottle-shaped, or large at the end.
Bottler : One who bottles wine, beer, soda water, etc.
Bottlescrew : A corkscrew.
Bottling : of Bottle ;; The act or the process of putting anything into bottles (as beer, mineral water, etc.) and corking the bottles.
Bottom : The lowest part of anything; the foot; as, the bottom of a tree or well; the bottom of a hill, a lane, or a page. ;; The part of anything which is beneath the contents and supports them, as the part of a chair on which a person sits, the circular base or lower head of a cask or tub, or the plank floor of a ship's hold; the under surface. ;; That upon which anything rests or is founded, in a literal or a figurative sense; foundation; groundwork. ;; The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, sea. ;; The fundament; the buttocks. ;; An abyss. ;; Low land formed by alluvial deposits along a river; low-lying ground; a dale; a valley. ;; The part of a ship which is ordinarily under water; hence, the vessel itself; a ship. ;; Power of endurance; as, a horse of a good bottom. ;; Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment. ;; Of or pertaining to the bottom; fundamental; lowest; under; as, bottom rock; the bottom board of a wagon box; bottom prices. ;; To found or build upon; to fix upon as a support; -- followed by on or u
Bottom fermentation : 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. (39 - 50F.). It is used in making lager beer and wines of low alcohol content but fine bouquet.
Bottomed : of Bottom ;; Having at the bottom, or as a bottom; resting upon a bottom; grounded; -- mostly, in composition; as, sharp-bottomed; well-bottomed.
Bottoming : of Bottom
Bottomless : Without a bottom; hence, fathomless; baseless; as, a bottomless abyss.
Bottomry : 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.
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