Associations to the word «Bottomry»
Wiktionary
BOTTOMRY, noun. (nautical) An early form of maritime contract in which owner of a ship could borrow money using the ship as collateral.
Wise words
Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could
conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly
sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had
this power.