bott1
[bot]
- bot2.
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bott2
[bot]
- Metallurgy. a conical knob, mounted on a rod, for stopping temporarily the flow of molten metal or slag from a blast furnace or cupola.
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Origin of bott2
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
bot2
or bott
[bot]
- the larva of a botfly.
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Origin of bot2
1425–75; late Middle English; akin to Dutch bot, Frisian dialect botten (plural); further origin obscure
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Examples from the Web for bott
Contemporary Examples
Lane and Bott did not respond to multiple requests for comment by The Daily Beast.
In fact, he told Bott that he would rather sit the race out than vote for a Mormon or President Obama.
Historical Examples
Bott men did so steall away, that the witt of man could not stay thame.
"All right, squire; here it is," returned Bott, and handed over the epistle.
The Young Bridge-TenderArthur M. Winfield
Bott bought the young Indian, intending to bring him up in civilization.
Thirty Years on the FrontierRobert McReynolds
Warm the bott, say I, and you will warm the heart too; and all goes right.
HealthJohn Brown
"Not if I know it," said Mr. Bott, with something of grandeur in his tone and countenance.
Can You Forgive Her?Anthony Trollope
bott
- a variant spelling of bot 1
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BOT
- Board of Trade
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bot1
bott
- the larva of a botfly, which typically develops inside the body of a horse, sheep, or man
- any similar larva
- NZ informal a mild illness in humans
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See also bots
Word Origin
C15: probably from Low German; related to Dutch bot, of obscure origin
bot2
- to scrounge or borrow
- (intr often foll by on) to scrounge (from); impose (on)
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- a scrounger
- on the bot wanting to scroungehe's on the bot for a cigarette
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Word Origin
C20: perhaps from botfly, alluding to the creature's bite; see bite (sense 12)
bot3
- computing an autonomous computer program that performs time-consuming tasks, esp on the internet
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Word Origin
C20: from (ro) bot
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Word Origin and History for bott
bot
n.
in Internet sense, c.2000, short for robot. Its modern use has curious affinities with earlier uses, e.g. "parasitical worm or maggot" (1520s), of unknown origin; and Australian-New Zealand slang "worthless, troublesome person" (World War I-era). The method of minting new slang by clipping the heads off words does not seem to be old or widespread in English. Examples (za from pizza, zels from pretzels, rents from parents) are American English student or teen slang and seem to date back no further than late 1960s.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
bot
(bŏt)- The parasitic larva of a botfly.
- bots A disease of mammals, especially cattle and horses, caused by infestation of the stomach or intestines with botfly larvae.
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bot
[bŏt]
- A software program that imitates the behavior of a human, as by querying search engines or participating in chatroom discussions.
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