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noun

Butter n.

1.

An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning.

2.

Any substance resembling butter in degree of consistence, or other qualities, especially, in old chemistry, the chlorides, as butter of antimony, sesquichloride of antimony; also, certain concrete fat oils remaining nearly solid at ordinary temperatures, as butter of cacao, vegetable butter, shea butter.

Butter boat, a small vessel for holding melted butter at table.

Butter flower, the buttercup, a yellow flower.

Butter print, a piece of carved wood used to mark pats of butter; called also butter stamp.

Butter tooth, either of the two middle incisors of the upper jaw.

Butter tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Bassia, the seeds of which yield a substance closely resembling butter. The butter tree of India is the Bassia butyracea; that of Africa is the Shea tree (Bassia Parkii). See Shea tree.

Butter trier, a tool used in sampling butter.

Butter wife, a woman who makes or sells butter; called also butter woman. (Obs. or Archaic)

Butter n. One who, or that which, butts.

verb

Butter v. t. (past & past part. buttered; pres. part. buttering)

1.

To cover or spread with butter. "I know what's what. I know on which side My bread is buttered."

2.

To increase, as stakes, at every throw or every game. (Cant)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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— The Gap in the Fence • Frederica J. Turle

... prodigality, in the midst of the baskets, dealing out the good things one by one, while Alene and Laura arranged them artistically, piling in the center a pyramid of fruit, and placing the cakes and pies and pickles in the most tempting proximity, not forgetting sandwiches, and plain bread and butter. Indeed, as Mat remarked when he came up from the spring with a pail of cold water, "The very look of it was enough to give an ...

— Peggy-Alone • Mary Agnes Byrne

... as they had won that of her mistress: she felt them true, and wondered how such a fair-spoken, sweet-faced boy could be on the tramp. She poured him out a huge cup of coffee, fried him a piece of bacon, and cut him as much bread and butter as he could dispose of. He had not often eaten anything but dry bread, in general very dry, since he left the menagerie, and now felt feasted like an emperor. Pleased with the master, the cook fed the dog with equal liberality; and then, curious to witness their ...

— A Rough Shaking • George MacDonald

... fresh and sweet as sugar What was the matter with the hams, the smoked goose-breasts, and the herrings? What with the roasted lamb, and the refreshing red-sprinkled head-lettuce? Was not the vinegar sharp, and the nut-oil balmy? Was not the butter as sweet as a nut, the ...

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