bottomed, ppl. a.
(ˈbɒtəmd)
[f. bottom n. and v. + -ed.]
1. Having a bottom; furnished with a bottom of some special material or form; usually in composition, as foul-bottomed, full-bottomed, gravel-bottomed, sharp-bottomed.
| 1559 Richmond. Wills (1853) 135 One trussin bedde bothomed with girth webbe. 1590 Greene Fr. Bacon (1630) 29 In Frigats bottom'd with rich Sethin planks. 1702 W. J. Bruyn's Voy. Levant xxxvi. 139 We came into a chamber 18 foot long..the Roof being sharp bottom'd. 1710 Lond. Gaz. No. 4691/4 Wearing a light brown Wig, sometimes full bottomed. 1742 R. Blair Grave 326 Nor margin of the gravel-bottom'd brook. 1841 J. W. Orderson Creol. xvi. 192 Leather-bottomed chairs. c 1850 Rudim. Navig. (Weale) 100 Vessels..full-bottomed for large cargoes. 1859 F. Griffiths Artil. Man. (1862) 114 Unless the shot are bottomed. |
b. Covered at the bottom, having as a bottom or foundation.
| 1799 J. Robertson Agric. Perth 485 Most of our extensive mosses are bottomed by clay. 1872 Daily News 28 Feb., A narrow creek flanked with warehouses, and bottomed with its fœtid deposit. |
2. Founded, based, grounded; mostly fig.
| c 1645 Howell Lett. (1650) I. 395 It was far from being any opinion..bottomed upon weak grounds. 1823 Lamb Elia Ser. ii. x. (1865) 298 Our literary talk..was bottomed well; had good grounds to go upon. 1874 Morley Compromise 134 A strong and well-bottomed character. |
Hence † ˈbottomedness, the quality of resting upon a sure foundation, stability.
| 1642 Rogers Naaman 19 The freedome, bottomednesse, and unchangeablenesse of the promise. |