bottom the house

antiquated To thoroughly clean every part of a house, i.e., from "top to bottom." Every time we visited my elderly aunt, she told us to help her "bottom the house," as if we were her maids.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Demetra	-	Italian, Romanian, Greek
HervÉ	-	French
EinrÍ	-	Irish
Lawan	-	Thai
İSa	-	Turkish
Abelard	['æbəla:d]