bott

[ bot ]

noun
  1. Metallurgy. a conical knob, mounted on a rod, for stopping temporarily the flow of molten metal or slag from a blast furnace or cupola.

Origin of bott

1
1875–80; perhaps special use of dial. bot (now obsolete) iron tool for marking sheep, itself special use of Middle English botte (variant of bat1) shepherd's crook

Words Nearby bott

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How to use bott in a sentence

  • Now this horrid Mr. bott has come back again, and only that it would be mean in me to condescend so far, I would punish him.

    Can You Forgive Her? | Anthony Trollope
  • That evening,—the evening of Mr. bott's return to Matching, that gentleman found a place near to Alice in the drawing-room.

    Can You Forgive Her? | Anthony Trollope

British Dictionary definitions for bott

bott

/ (bɒt) /


noun
  1. a variant spelling of bot 1

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