'Bottoming' definitions:

Definition of 'Bottoming'

From: GCIDE
  • Bottom \Bot"tom\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bottomed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bottoming.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To found or build upon; to fix upon as a support; -- followed by on or upon. [1913 Webster]
  • Action is supposed to be bottomed upon principle. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
  • Those false and deceiving grounds upon which many bottom their eternal state]. --South. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To furnish with a bottom; as, to bottom a chair. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To reach or get to the bottom of. --Smiles. [1913 Webster]