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unˈbottom, v.
[un-2 4 and 7.]
1. trans. To divest of a bottom or foundation; † fig., to deprive of support or stay; to unsettle or make unstable.
1598Florio, Diffondare, to vnbottom. 1642D. Rogers Naaman 156, I am willing to be informed,..yea, to unbottome my selfe of my old rotten mixtures. 1655W. Gurnall Chr. in Arm. i. 252 This one consideration might be of excellent use to unbottom a sinner, and abase him so as never to have high thought of himself. 1693G. Firmin Rev. Davis's Vind. i. 6 Commonly when we speak of unbottoming a Man from himself, we mean [from] his own goodness.
2. intr. To make oneself bare-breeched.
1651Cleveland Poems, News fr. Newcastle 45 Then you'll unbottom, though December blow, And sweat i' th' midst of Isicles and Snow. |