Webster's Dictionary 1913

5860

Butt (2)

Butt, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Butted; p. pr. & vb. n.Butting.] [OE. butten, OF. boter to push, F. bouter. See Butt an end, and cf. Boutade.] 1. To join at the butt, end, or outward e...

5861

Butt (3)

Butt, v. t. To strike by thrusting the head against; to strike with the head.Two harmless lambs are butting one the other.Sir H. Wotton.

5862

Butt (4)

Butt, n. [F. botte, boute, LL. butta. Cf. Bottle a hollow vessel.] A large cask or vessel for wine or beer. It contains two hogsheads.☞ A wine butt contains 126 wine gallons (= ...

5863

Butt (5)

Butt, n.(Zoöl.) The common English flounder.

5864

Butt hinge

Butt″ hinge′ (�). See 1st Butt, 10.

5865

Butt joint

Butt″ joint′ (�). A joint in which the edges or ends of the pieces united come squarely together instead of overlapping. See 1st Butt, 8.

5866

Butt shaft

Butt″ shaft′ (�) An arrow without a barb, for shooting at butts; an arrow. [Also but shaft.] Shak.

5867

Butt weld

Butt″ weld′ (�). See Butt weld, under Butt.

5868

Butte

‖Butte (�), n. [F. See Butt a bound.] A detached low mountain, or high rising abruptly from the general level of the surrounding plain; — applied to peculiar elevations in the R...

5869

Butter

But″ter (bŭt″tẽr), n. [OE. botere, butter, AS. butere, fr. L. butyrum, Gr. βούτυρον; either fr. βούσ ox, cow + τυρόσ cheese; or, perhaps, of Scythian origin. Cf. Cow.] 1. An oil...

5870

Butter (2)

But″ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Buttered (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Buttering.] 1. To cover or spread with butter.I know what's what. I know on which sideMy bread is buttered.Ford.2. To in...

5871

Butter (3)

Butt″er (�), n. One who, or that which, butts.

5872

Butter-fingered

But″ter–fin′gered (�), a. Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; slippery; careless.

5873

Butter-scotch

But″ter–scotch′ (�), n. A kind of candy, mainly composed of sugar and butter. Dickens.

5874

Butterball

But″ter‐ball′ (�), n.(Zoöl.) The buffel duck.

5875

Butterbird

But″ter‐bird′ (�), n.(Zoöl.) The rice bunting or bobolink; — so called in the island of Jamaica.

5876

Butterbump

But″ter‐bump′ (�), n. [OE. buttur the bittern + 5th bump.] (Zoöl.) The European bittern. Johnson.

5877

Butterbur

But″ter‐bur′ (�), n.(Bot.) A broad-leaved plant (Petasites vulgaris) of the Composite family, said to have been used in England for wrapping up pats of butter.

5878

Buttercup

But″ter‐cup′ (�), n.(Bot.) A plant of the genus Ranunculus, or crowfoot, particularly R. bulbosus, with bright yellow flowers; — called also butterflower, golden cup, and kingcu...

5879

Butterfish

But″ter‐fish′ (�), n.(Zoöl.) A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus of the Atlantic coast, the E...

5880

Butterfly

But″ter‐fly′ (�), n.; pl.Butterflies (�). [Perh. from the color of a yellow species. AS. buter-flēge, buttor-fleóge; cf. G. butterfliege, D. botervlieg. See Butter, and Fly.] (Z...

5881

Butterine

But″ter‐ine (�), n. A substance prepared from animal fat with some other ingredients intermixed, as an imitation of butter.The manufacturers ship large quantities of oleomargari...

5882

Butteris

But″ter‐is (�), n. [The same word as buttress, noun, in a different application, F. bouter to push.] (Far.) A steel cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in a handle wh...

5883

Butterman

But″ter‐man′ (�), n.; pl.Buttermen (�). A man who makes or sells butter.

5884

Buttermilk

But″ter‐milk′ (�), n. The milk that remains after the butter is separated from the cream.

5885

Butternut

But″ter‐nut′ (�), n. 1. (Bot.) An American tree (Juglans cinerea) of the Walnut family, and its edible fruit; — so called from the oil contained in the latter. Sometimes called ...

5886

Butterweed

But″ter‐weed′ (�), n.(Bot.) An annual composite plant of the Mississippi valley (Senecio lobatus).