Bottomed
['kɑpɚ'bɑtəmd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Bottom
(a.) Having at the bottom, or as a bottom; resting upon a bottom; grounded; -- mostly, in composition; as, sharp-bottomed; well-bottomed.
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Examples
- Rush-bottomed arm-chairs faced each other across the tiled hearth, and rows of Delft plates stood on shelves against the walls. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Double-bottomed boxes are so well known that it is useless to describe them. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- No full-bottomed wig, no red petticoats, no fur, no javelin-men, no white wands. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Cane-backed and bottomed chairs and lounges only a few years ago were a luxury of the rich and made slowly by hand. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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