Bottom \Bot"tom\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bottomed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bottoming.]

1. To found or build upon; to fix upon as a support; -- followed by on or upon.

Action is supposed to be bottomed upon principle. --Atterbury.

Those false and deceiving grounds upon which many bottom their eternal state]. --South.

2. To furnish with a bottom; as, to bottom a chair.

3. To reach or get to the bottom of. --Smiles.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Bottomed \Bot"tomed\, a. Having at the bottom, or as a bottom; resting upon a bottom; grounded; -- mostly, in composition; as, sharp-bottomed; well-bottomed.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)