bott

UK: /bɒt/ US: (bot)

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bott¹  (bot), n. 

1. bot.

bott²  (bot), n. 

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.

• perh. special use of dialect, dialectal bot (now obsolete) iron tool for marking sheep, itself special use of Middle English botte (variant of bat¹) shepherd's crook 1875–80

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bott / bɒt/ noun

1. a variant spelling of bot1

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bot¹  (bot), n. 

1. Insects the larva of a botfly.

Also, bott. 

• 1425–75; late Middle English; akin to Dutch bot, Frisian dialect, dialectal botten (plural); further origin, originally obscure

bot²  (bot), n. [Australian Slang.]

1. British Terms a person who cadges;
   scrounger.

• perh. shortening of botfly 1915–20

bot., 

1. Botany botanical.
2. botanist.
3. botany.
4. bottle.

B.O.T., 

1. Board of Trade.

bot³¹  (bot), n. 

1. a device or piece of software that can execute commands or perform routine tasks, as electronic searches, usually without user intervention (often used in combination):
   intelligent infobots; shopping bots.

• shortening of robot 1985–90

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bot, bott / bɒt/ noun

1. the larva of a botfly, which typically develops inside the body of a horse, sheep, or human
2. any similar larva

Etymology: 15th Century: probably from Low German; related to Dutch bot, of obscure origin

bot / bɒt/ verb

1. to scrounge or borrow

noun

1. a scrounger
2. on the bot ⇒ wanting to scrounge

Etymology: 20th Century: perhaps from botfly, alluding to the creature's bite; see bite (sense 12)

bot / bɒt/ noun

1. an autonomous computer program that performs time-consuming tasks, esp on the internet

Etymology: 20th Century: from ( ro) bot

bot / bɒt/ noun

1. the buttocks