Webster's Dictionary 1828

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BUTT

BUTT, noun [See But.] Literally, end, furthest point. Hence, a mark to be shot at; the point where a mark is set or fixed to be shot at.1. The point to which a purpose or effort...

3134

BUTTER

BUT'TER, noun [Latin butyrum.] An oily substance obtained from cream or milk by churning. Agitation separates the fat or oily part of milk from the thin or serous part, called b...

3135

BUTTER-BUMP

BUT'TER-BUMP, noun The bittern.

3136

BUTTER-BURR

BUT'TER-BURR, noun A plant, a species of Tussilago, or Colt's-foot, called petasites, growing in wet land, with large leaves.

3137

BUTTER-CUPS

BUT'TER-CUPS, noun A name given to a species of Ranunculus or crow-foot, with bright yellow flowers; called also golden-cup.

3138

BUTTER-FLOWER

BUT'TER-FLOWER, noun A yellow flower.

3139

BUTTER-MILK

BUT'TER-MILK, noun The milk that remains after the butter is separated from it. Johnson calls this whey; but whey is the thin part of the milk after the curd or cheese is separa...

3140

BUTTER-PRINT

BUT'TER-PRINT,BUT'TER-STAMP, noun A piece of carved wood, used to mark cakes of butter.

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BUTTER-STAMP

BUT'TER-STAMP, n. A piece of carved wood, used to mark cakes of butter.

3142

BUTTER-TOOTH

BUT'TER-TOOTH, noun A broad fore tooth.

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BUTTER-WIFE

BUT'TER-WIFE,BUT'TER-WOMAN, noun A woman who sells butter.

3144

BUTTER-WOMAN

BUT'TER-WOMAN, n. A woman who sells butter.

3145

BUTTERFLY

BUT'TERFLY, noun [from the color of a yellow species.]Papilio, a genus of insects, of the order of lepidopters. They have four wings imbricated with a kind of downy scales; the ...

3146

BUTTERFLY-SHELL

BUTTERFLY-SHELL, noun A genus of testaceous'molluscas, with a spiral unilocular shell; called voluta.

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BUTTERIS

BUT'TERIS, noun An instrument of steel set in wood, for paring the hoof of a horse.

3148

BUTTERNUT

BUT'TERNUT, noun [butter and nut.]The fruit of an American tree, the Juglans cinerea; so called from the oil it contains. The tree bears a resemblance, in its general appearance...

3149

BUTTERWORT

BUT'TERWORT, noun A species of Pinguicula, a plant growing on bogs or soft grounds. The leaves are covered with soft pellucid prickles, which secrete a glutinous liquor; and mil...

3150

BUTTERY

BUT'TERY, adjective [from butter.] Having the qualities or appearance of butter.BUT'TERY, noun An apartment in a house, where butter, milk, provisions and utensils are kept. In ...

3151

BUTTOCK

BUT'TOCK, noun The rump, or the protuberant part behind.1. The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern.

3152

BUTTON

BUT'TON, noun but'n.1. A knob; a small ball; a catch, used to fasten together the different parts of dress, made of metal, silk, mohair, wood, etc.2. Any knob or ball fastened t...

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BUTTON-HOLE

BUT'TON-HOLE, noun The hole or loop in which a button is caught.

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BUTTON-MAKER

BUT'TON-MAKER, noun One whose occupation is to make buttons.

3155

BUTTON-STONE

BUT'TON-STONE, noun A species of figured stone, or hard flint, resembling a button, consisting of two bodies which appear to be the filling up of holes in a shell. A species has...

3156

BUTTON-TREE

BUT'TON-TREE, noun The Conocarpus, called also button-wood, a genus of plants, natives of the West-Indies.

3157

BUTTON-WEED

BUT'TON-WEED, noun A genus of plants, the Spermacoce.

3158

BUTTON-WOOD

BUT'TON-WOOD, noun The Cephalanthus, a shrub of noun America, growing five or six feet high.1. The Platanus Occidentalis, Western plane-tree, a large tree growing in noun Americ...

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BUTTRESS

BUT'TRESS, noun [This word appears to be composed of but, end, and truss, or some word of that family.]1. A prop; a wall or abutment built archwise, serving to support another w...