Definition of Buttir
But"ter (bŭt"t&etilde;r), n. [OE.
botere, butter, AS. butere, fr. L. butyrum, Gr.
boy`tyron; either fr. boy`s ox, cow +
tyro`s cheese; or, perhaps, of Scythian origin. Cf. Cow.]
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 and eggs (Bot.), a name given to
several plants having flowers of two shades of yellow, as Narcissus
incomparabilis, and in the United States to the toadflax (Linaria
vulgaris). -- 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. Locke. --
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 B.
butyracea; that of Africa is the Shea tree (B. 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]
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 side
My bread is buttered.
Ford.
2. To increase, as stakes, at every throw or every
game. [Cant] Johnson.
Butt"er (&?;), n. One who, or that
which, butts.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (uncountable) A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow milk).
- To spread butter on.
Butter the toast.
- To flatter somebody with words, usually for the purpose of some favour, etc. (see also butter up)
Don't butter me; I don't have any money!
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