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Definition of Bottomed

1. Adjective. Having a bottom of a specified character.

Definition of Bottomed

1. a. Having at the bottom, or as a bottom; resting upon a bottom; grounded; -- mostly, in composition; as, sharp-bottomed; well-bottomed.

Definition of Bottomed

1. Adjective. (''in combination'') Having some specific type of bottom ¹

2. Verb. (past participle of bottom) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bottomed

1. bottom [v] - See also: bottom

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bottomed

Literary usage of Bottomed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Channel Islands of California: A Book for the Angler, Sportsman, and Tourist by Charles Frederick Holder, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1910)
"Many years ago I used a glass-bottomed box on the Florida Reef for ... I had a large glass-bottomed box made, and also planned a glass-bottomed boat and ..."

2. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"["The Broad-bottomed Administration" in England was Henry Pelham's Coalition Ministry ... (NED) 1840 At Wheeling I embarked on a flat-bottomed family boat, ..."

3. The Tomb of Senebtisi at Lisht by Arthur C. Mace, Herbert Eustis Winlock (1916)
"Model dishes and vases Narrow-necked vases Round- bottomed dish Large jars with narrow mouths Large jars with wide mouths Small jars Round- bottomed jar ..."

4. Farm Drainage: The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with by Henry Flagg French (1859)
"Any one who has observed the discharge of water from flat-bottomed and round ... On the whole, solid tiles, with flat-bottomed passages, may be set down ..."

5. Napoleon at the Boulogne Camp: (based on Numerous Hitherto Unpublished by Fernand Nicolay (1907)
"... who had been granted a credit of 400 million by the Government, applied himself especially to the construction of gunboats, flat- bottomed gunboats, ..."

6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"... and these were accompanied by an equal number of flat-bottomed boats, which might occasionally be connected into the form of temporary bridges. ..."

7. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"... copper-bottomed brig, pierced for twelve guns. " I have the honour, &c. " CBH Ross." " To JR Dacres, Esq. &c." " SlR, " His Majesty's ship Pique, ..."

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