Bot'ta, Paul

EMILE, a French archæologist, son of the above, B. at Paris, 1805. He became French consul at Mosul, and early distinguished himself as a naturalist. After spending some years in Egypt, and making a journey through a portion of Arabia, he settled at Mosul, and in 1843 disentombed an A yrian palace in the mound of Khors a bad, 14 miles from the seat of his consulship. This was before the discoveries made by Mr. Layard; so M. Botta may be considered the first who led the way in the path of A yrian remains. D. 1870. Bott i cell i, A LESS ANDRO, a Florentine artist, B. 1440. He studied painting under Lippi, whose manner he succe fully imitated, and was one of the earliest engravers, having learned the art from Baldini, and applied it to the illustration of Dante's works, printed 1488. Two pictures of his Venus Rising from the Sea, and Venus adorned by the Graces, are highly spoken of. D. 1515. Bottle, ( bot'tl ,) n. [Fr. bouteille , from L. Lat. buticula , dim in. of butt a , a cask or butt; Sp. botella ; It. bottiglia . See BUTT.] Literally, something round, swelling, or protuberant; specifically, a hollow round ve el of gla , leather, ., with a narrow mouth, for holding liquors, as, a water- bottle . "His cold thin drink out of his leather bottle , Is far beyond a prince's delicates." - Shaks. -The contents of a bottle; as much as a bottle will hold; as, a bottle of wine. "He was all for love, and a little for the bottle." - Dibdin . A bottle of hay. A bundle of hay or straw. "Methinks I have a great desire to a bottle of hay; good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow." - Shaka. (Hist.) B. are now usually made of gla or earthenware; but the first B. were made of the skins of animals, mostly goats:-of this kind were the B. spoken of in Scripture. Skin B. are still used in Southern Europe Fig. 401.-GOAT-SKIN BOTTLE. hard as wood. The accompanying engraving shows the form and nature of an ancient goat-skin B. , out of which a water-carrier is offering to sell a draught of water. Bot'tle, v. a. To put into or enclose in bottles; as, to bottle wine. IMG:content-0720.png:[blocks in formation] -v. 1. To fasten up or deprive of liberty temporarily; as, to be bottled up. Bot'tle-Ale, Bottled-Ale, n. Ale contained in bottles. A