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Having a protuberant belly, like the bottom of a pot.

A piece of furniture like an ottoman, generally circular and affording cushion seats on all sides.

A flat-bottomed boat or lighter, -- used in Holland and the Baltic, and sometimes armed in case of war. [Written also pram, and prame.]

The act of praying; supplication; entreaty. Cotton.

Capable of being precipitated, or cast to the bottom, as a substance in solution. See Precipitate, n. (Chem.)

to the solution, or of some force, such as heat or cold. The precipitate may fall to the bottom (whence the name), may be diffused through the solution, or may float at or near the surface. Red precipitate (Old. Chem), mercuric oxide (HgO) a heavy red crystalline powder obtained by heating mercuric nitrate, or by heati…

Previous warning or admonition; forewarning. Sir H. Wotton.

To prepossess; to prejudice. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

That which is presaged, or foretold. [R.] "Ominous presagement before his end. " Sir H. Wotton.

table instruments or apparatus, in order to compact, make dense, or smooth; as, to press cotton bales, paper, etc.; to smooth by ironing; as, to press clothes.

Practicing tricks; juggling. [Obs.] Cotton Mather.

One who presumes; also, an arrogant person. Sir H. Wotton.

Fitted for trial beforehand; experimental. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.

pon a sensitized surface. Printed goods, textile fabrics printed in patterns, especially cotton cloths, or calicoes.

Fig.: to search to the bottom; to scrutinize or examine thoroughly. Dryden. The growing disposition to probe the legality of all acts, of the crown. Hallam.

uch a dexterous proclivity as his teachers were fain to restrain his forwardness. Sir H. Wotton.

Apt to make unexpected revelations. [Obs.] "Nature is proditorious." Sir H. Wotton.

Quality of being profluent; course. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.

Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough; as, a profound investigation or treatise; a profound scholar; profound wisdom.

[Obs.] The reception of the light into the body of the building was very prompt. Sir H. Wotton.