Botheration

A vulgarism to expre the state of being bothered; perplexity; cause of trouble. Bothnia, ( both'ne -a,) the name formerly given to a country of N. Europe, extending along the east and west shores of the Gulf of Bothnia (q. v.), the eastern portion now being comprised in Finland, and the western forming the Swedish governments of Pitea and Umea. Both'nia, (GULF OF.) is that part of the Baltic Sea, which separates Sweden from Finland. It begins at the island of Aland, and extends 400 miles in length, and 100 in extreme breadth, to Tornea, between Lat. 60°-66° N., Lon. 17°-25° 35' E. It receives nearly all the great rivers of Sweden and Finland; but its depth is not greater than that of the Baltic generally.