Bottom

bot′um, n. the lowest part of anything: that on which anything rests or is founded: the sitting part of the human body: the foot of a page, .: low land, as in a valley: the keel of a ship, hence the ve el itself: the fundamental character of anything, as physical stamina, financial resources, .: the portion of a wig hanging down over the shoulder, as in 'full-bottom'—full-bottomed wig: ( Shak. ) a ball of thread.— v.t. to found or rest upon: ( Shak. ) to wind round or upon.— adj. Bott′omed .— ns. Bott′om-glade , a glade or open space in a bottom or valley; Bott′om-gra ( Shak. ) gra growing on bottom lands.— adj. Bott′omle .— n. Bott′omry , a contract by which money is borrowed on the security of a ship or bottom.— Bottomle pit —hell.— At bottom , in reality.— From the bottom of the heart , from the very heart.— To be at the bottom of , to be the real origin of; To stand on one's own bottom , to be independent of; To touch bottom , to reach the lowest point. [A.S. botm ; Ger. boden ; conn. with L. fundus , bottom, Gael. bonn , the sole.]