Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HY-POTH-E-CA'TION
HY-POTH'E-CA-TINGHY-POTH'E-CA-TOR
HY-POTH-E-CA'TION, n.
The act of pledging, as a ship or goods, for the repayment of money borrowed to carry on a voyage; otherwise called bottomry.
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