bott

American  

[bot] / bɒt /

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.

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bott British  

/ bɒt /

noun

1. a variant spelling of bot 1

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Etymology

Origin of bott

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

Example Sentences

Events have shown to what extent our monetary systems, bott great and small, have become interdependent.

From Time Magazine Archive

Warm the bott, say I, and you will warm the heart too; and all goes right.

From Health Five Lay Sermons to Working-People by Brown, John

Sche refused nott his offer; bott knowing his simplicitie, sche was glad to employ him for her advantage.

From The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) by Laing, David

When thu commes to yone castelle gay, I pray the curtase man to bee; And whate so any man to the saye, Luke thu answere none bott mee.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various

I doubt nott bott thy gratiouse Hienes will gif answere to thir presentis unto the presentar of this to thy Hienes.

From The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) by Laing, David