Webster's Dictionary 1913

5887

Butterweight

But″ter‐weight′ (�), n. Over weight. Swift.☞ Formerly it was a custom to give 18 ounces of butter for a pound.

5888

Butterwort

But″ter‐wort′ (�), n.(Bot.) A genus of low herbs (Pinguicula) having simple leaves which secrete from their glandular upper surface a viscid fluid, to which insects adhere, afte...

5889

Buttery

But″ter‐y (�), a. Having the qualities, consistence, or appearance, of butter.

5890

Buttery (2)

But″ter‐y, n.; pl.Butteries (�). [OE. botery, botry; cf. LL. botaria wine vessel; also OE. botelerie, fr. F. bouteillerie, fr. boutellie bottle. Not derived from butter. See Bot...

5891

Butting

But″ting (�), n. An abuttal; a boundary.Without buttings or boundings on any side.Bp. Beveridge.

5892

Butting joint

But″ting joint′. A joint between two pieces of timber or wood, at the end of one or both, and either at right angles or oblique to the grain, as the joints which the struts and ...

5893

Buttock

But″tock (�), n. [From Butt an end.] 1. The part at the back of the hip, which, in man, forms one of the rounded protuberances on which he sits; the rump.2. (Naut.) The convexit...

5894

Button

But″ton (�), n. [OE. boton, botoun, F. bouton button, bud, prop. something pushing out, fr. bouter to push. See Butt an end.] 1. A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.2. ...

5895

Button (2)

But″ton, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Buttoned (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Buttoning (�).] [OE. botonen, OF. botoner, F. boutonner. See Button, n.] 1. To fasten with a button or buttons; to inclo...

5896

Button (3)

But″ton, v. i. To be fastened by a button or buttons; as, the coat will not button.

5897

Buttonball

But″ton‐ball′ (�), n.(Bot.) See Buttonwood.

5898

Buttonbush

But″ton‐bush′ (�), n.(Bot.) A shrub (Cephalanthus occidentalis) growing by the waterside; — so called from its globular head of flowers. See Capitulum.

5899

Buttonhole

But″ton‐hole′ (�), n. The hole or loop in which a button is caught.

5900

Buttonhole (2)

But″ton‐hole′, v. t. To hold at the button or buttonhole; to detain in conversation to weariness; to bore; as, he buttonholed me a quarter of an hour.

5901

Buttonmold

But″ton‐mold′ (�), n. A disk of bone, wood, or other material, which is made into a button by covering it with cloth. [Written also buttonmould.]Fossil buttonmolds, joints of en...

5902

Buttons

But″tons (�), n. A boy servant, or page, — in allusion to the buttons on his livery. Dickens.

5903

Buttonweed

But″ton‐weed′ (�), n.(Bot.) The name of several plants of the genera Spermacoce and Diodia, of the Madder family.

5904

Buttonwood

But″ton‐wood′ (�), n.(Bot.) The Platanus occidentalis, or American plane tree, a large tree, producing rough balls, from which it is named; — called also buttonball tree, and, i...

5905

Buttony

But″ton‐y (�), a. Ornamented with a large number of buttons. “The buttony boy.” Thackeray. “My coat so blue and buttony.” W. S. Gilbert.

5906

Buttress

But″tress (�), n. [OE. butrasse, boterace, fr. F. bouter to push; cf. OF. bouteret (nom. sing. and acc. pl. bouterez) buttress. See Butt an end, and cf. Butteris.] 1. (Arch.) A ...

5907

Buttress (2)

But″tress (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Buttressed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Buttressing.] To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly.To set it upright again, and to prop and butt...

5908

Buttweld

Butt″weld′, v. t. To unite by a butt weld.

5909

Butty

But″ty (�), n.(Mining) One who mines by contract, at so much per ton of coal or ore.

5910

Butyl

Bu″tyl (�), n. [L. butyrum butter + -yl. See Butter.] (Chem.) A compound radical, regarded as butane, less one atom of hydrogen.

5911

Butylamine

Bu′tyl‐am″ine (?), n. [Butyric + -yl + amine.] (Org. Chem.) A colorless liquid base, C4H9NH2, of which there are four isomeric varieties.

5912

Butylene

Bu″ty‐lene (�), n. [From Butyl.] (Chem.) Any one of three metameric hydrocarbons, C4H8, of the ethylene series. They are gaseous or easily liquefiable.

5913

Butyraceous

Bu′ty‐ra″ceous (�), a. [L. butyrum butter. See Butter.] Having the qualities of butter; resembling butter.