button 
button; the second, liy opacjuc red (coral); the third. In 
transparent blue (lappbin) ; the fourth, liv opaipn Uu. 
(lapis lazuli); tin- null, l..y transparent white (enstal); 
the sixth, by opaipic white; the se\enth h\ plain gold; the 
ciu'hth. liy worked K"ld ; and tin- ninth or lou.-.t. In plan, 
gold with tlir diameter for "olil age " engraved on it in 
two places. \ s. -iiolar lio ha- passed thf sill-tsal (or 
bachelor) examination is entitled to wear tin' lit 
4. Aknoborprotuberance rewmbUng ft bottom. 
Specifically (a) The knob of metal uhi.-h t. -i minales the 
hive, h <t niosl pi.-ees of onlnanri-, ami which alt on Is a .-. .n 
venient licarini; for tin- application of hand spikes, breech 
fngs.etc.; a uiixcahcl. IKng.l ('<) A knohor mianl si . nn-.l 
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buttoner (bnt'n-er), n. 1. One who or that 
which buttons; a button-hook. 2. A decoy. 
[Eng. slang.] 
button-fastener (but'n-fas'ner), n. A clasp 
for fastening Imttons. 
button-flower (lmt'n-flou'6r), . A name given 
to species, of Hum /i/i ia, shrubs and trees of trop- 
ical America, natural order Ih-linnrfa. Some 
occasionally cultivated in hothouses. 
to the end of a foil, to prevent the point from penetrating,' 
.iressinu which the circuits 
prated 
, 
the skin or wounding. (r) The small knob or hall liy push- 
ing or pressing which the circuit of an electric hell is com- 
butyrate 
St. [Also written hiittn,-,, Imtteris.'] In far. 
fiery, an instrument of steel set in wood, for 
paring the hoof of a liorM A , 
Flying buttress, in n 
form of a segment of an arch sprintiinu from a solid 
mass of imuonry, as the top of a ide aile Imttn 
abutting agaimt anot li.r part ..f the .tin. n,i. .,. 11,, wall 
of a cleantory, In which cast- it act* u * counterpoise 
against the vunltinu <>f the n-mial pi! : -.. ,.,,.. -I n..,, 
Its passing through the air. Hanging buttress in 
nrrh., a feature in the form of a huttresn, not standing 
solid on a foundation, hut supported on a iil,.|. It i- 
fly 
A bud of a plant. [Now only prov. Eng.] 
Mn ranker Kail" the infants of the spring, 
Too oft hefore their button* he diaclos'd. 
Hlmk., Hamlet, 1. 8. 
6. A flat or elongated piece of wood or metal, 
t timing on a nail or screw, used to fasten doors, 
windows, etc. 7. A small round mass of met- 
al lying at the bottom of a crucible or cupel 
after fusion. 8. In an organ, a small round 
piece of leather which, when screwed on the 
tapped wire of a tracker, prevents it from jump- 
ing out of place. Ntainer and Barrett. 9. A 
ring of leather through which the reins of a 
bridle pass, and which runs along the length 
of the reins. 10. In ;oiil. : (a) The terminal 
segment of the crepitaculum or rattle of a rat- 
tlesnake. See crejiitaculum. 
In the structure of the end of the tail of harmless 
snakes, we see a trace of the first button of the rattle In 
a homy cap that covers the terminal vertebra. 
E. D. Cape, Origin of the Fittest, p. Iff!. 
(6) In entoin., a knob-like protuberance on the 
posterior extremity of the larvre of certain but- 
terflies, also called the anal button or cremaster. 
Sometimes there is a second one, called the 
preanal button. 11. pi. A name given to 
young mushrooms, such as are used lor pick- 
ling. 12. pi. Sheep's dung: sometimes used 
for dung in general. [Prov. (west.) Eng.] 
13. A small cake. [Prov. Eng.] 14. A per- 
son who acts as a decoy. Specifically (o) An auc- 
tioneer's accomplice who employs various devices to de- 
lude bidders so as to raise the price of articles sold, etc. (b) 
A thimble-rigger's accomplice. [Eng, slang.] Barton's 
button, u polished button upon which a series of many fine 
lines, parallel ami near together, have lieen impressed, 
so as to show brilliant colors when exposed to light strik- 
ing it in nearly parallel rays, by an effect of diffraction. 
Biskra button. Same as Aleppo ulcer (which see, under 
nicer). Corrigan's button [named after 8ir John Dom- 
inic Corrigan of Dublin (1802-80)), a button of steel used 
in surgery, when heated to 100' C., as a means of counter- 
irritation. Also called Corrigan't cautery. Elastic but- 
ton, a rounded knob at the end of a sliding spring-holt 
placed in the edge of a door, and fitting into a depression 
in the opposite jamb, intended to keep the door closed 
without being locked, yet so that it can be easily opened. 
Quaker buttons, the seeds of the A'ltr women. U. S. 
Dixpeiuatory, p. 974. To hold by the button, to button- 
hole ; detain in conversation ; bore. 
Not to hold you by the button too peremptorily. 
Mm. Gtirt. 
button (but'ii), v. [< ME. botontn, < baton, a 
button.] I. trans. 1. To attach a button or 
buttons to. 
His Iwnct buttcneit with gold. 
Gaftcoiffne, Woodmanship. 
Your rapier shall be button'd with my head, 
Before It touch my master. 
Bi'au. and Fi., Honest Man's Fortune, 1. 8. 
2. To fasten with a button or buttons; secure, or 
.join the parts or edges of, with buttons : often 
followed by up : as, to button up a waistcoat. 
One whose hard heart is butlon'il ;< with steel. 
Shak., C. of E., iv. 2. 
He was a tall, fat, long-bodied man, buttoned to the 
throat in a tight green coat. Dickrnr. 
II. intraita. To be capable of being buttoned. 
Diderot writes to his fair one that his clothes will 
hardly button. Carli/le, Diderot. 
buttonball, buttonwood (but'n-bal, -wud), . 
The plane-tree of the United States, Plata mis 
iHTiilfii/iilix: so called from its small, round, 
! millions fruits or nutlets. Also incorrectly 
called xi/riiiiHiri'. 
button-blank (but'n-blangk), . A disk of 
metal, bone, etc., to be formed into a button. 
button-bush (but'u-bush), u. A name given 
to the I'l'ii/iiilin t/n/.i nrriflftitiilifi, a North Amer- 
ican shrub, on account of its globular flower- 
heads. Sec I'riilHlltllltllllx. 
button-ear (but'n-er), . An ear that falls 
over in front, concealing the inside, as in some 
dogs. 
buttoned Onil'nd). /i. u. 1. Decorated with 
tuitions or small lios.se-;. as a glass vase. 2. 
In lii-r.. onianienteil \\itli small points, usually 
of a different tincture: studded. 
buttonhole ( but 'n-hol), . 1. The hole or loop 
in which a button is caught. 2. A mime given applied in debased styles chiefly as a decoration. 
to the hart's-tongue fern, Ncoloiii-nilriitm ml- buttress (but'res), r. t. [< ME. boterate*: gee 
i/iin, becaiiseitsfructificationintheyonnpst.'itc hiittns.i. .] To suppoi " 
resembles a buttonhole in form and appearance, 
buttonhole (but'n-hol), r. /. ; pret. and pp. but- 
, , rt by a buttress ; hence, 
to prop or prop up, literally or figuratively. 
ppr. buttonholing. < buttonhole, n.] 
d 
1. To seize by the buttonhole or button am 
detain in conversation ; interview. 
To set it upright again, and to prop and Initimm it up 
for duration. Burke, Reform of Representation. 
He won't stand on the comer and buttonhole everybody 
with the news. T. Winthrop, Cecil Dreeme, vf. 
2. To make buttonholes in. 
button-hook (but'n-huk), n. A small metal 
hook used for buttoning shoes, gloves, etc. 
button-loom (but'n-lom), n. 
ing coverings for buttons. 
button-mold (but'n-mold), R. A disk of bone, 
wood, or metal, to be covered with fabric to 
form a button. E. H. Knight.- Fossil button- 
mold, a name sometimes given to a section of eucrinito 
lietwceli two joints. 
button-nosed (but'n-nozd), a. Same as star- 
nosed : applied to the condylure. 
der Condylura. 
A white wall, buttrttud well, made girdle wide 
To towers and roofs where yet his kin did hide. 
William Morrit, Earthly Paradine, III. mi. 
buttress-tower (but'res-tou'er). n. In early 
fort., a tower projecting from the face of the 
rampart-wall, but not rising above it. It was 
. afterward developed into the bastion. 
A loom for weev- bntt-shaftt (but'shaft), n. A blunt or unbarb- 
ed arrow used for shooting at a target. Also 
spelled but-shaft. 
The blind Iww-hoy's butt-thaft. Shut., R. and J., II. 4. 
.Ver. I fear thou hat not arrows for the purpose. 
Cup. O yes, here be of all sorts flights, rovers, and ball- 
lhaflt. B. Jonton, Cynthia's Revels, v. S. 
See cutun- butt-strap (but'strap), v. t. To weld together 
(two pieces of metal) so as to form a butting- 
button-piece (but'n-pes), M. A button-blank. J omt - 
button-quail (but'n-kwal), w. A bird of the Two pieces which are welded or butt-ttrapped together, 
family Turnicida; a hemipod. Thearte, Naval Architecture, t ten. 
button-solder (but'n-sol'di&r), n. A white sol- butt-weld (but 'weld), n. In rneeh., a weld 
der composed of tin, brass, and copper, used as formed by joining the flattened ends of two 
a substitute for silver solder in making buttons, pieces of iron at white heat ; a jump-weld, 
button-tool (but'n-tol), . An instrument used buttwoman (but'wum'an), . ; pi. butticomen 
chiefly for cutting out the disks or buttons of (-wim'en). [< butft, 7,"a hassock, + woman.'] 
leather which serve as nuts for the screwed A woman who cleans a church, and in service- 
wires in the mechanism connected with the <i m e assists as a pew-opener. [Eng.] 
keys of the organ and pianoforte. It is a mod- butty (but'i), . ; pi. butties (-iz). [E. dial., 
ification of the ordinary center-bit. short for 'butty-fellow, early mod. E. boty-felotce, 
a partner (Palsgrave) (e butty-collier, butty- 
gang), < boty, now booty, plunder, property 
shared, + felotce, fellow.] 1. A comrade, chum, 
or partner. [Prov. Eng. and U.S.] 2. Spe- 
cifically, in Englixh coal-mining, one who takes 
a contract, or is a partner in a contract, for 
working out a certain area of coal. The butty- 
cMier, or first man, as he is called In some coal-mining 
districts, employs his own holers, fillers, and boys, and has 
general charge of the work In his own particular "stall." 
f'^,Zl', l ;^""""". <I butty-collier (but'i-kol'yer), n. In English 
coal-mining, the head man of a butty-gang. See 
butty. 
butty-gang (but'i-gang), . A gang of men 
who take a contract for a part of a work, as in 
the construction of railroads, etc., the proceeds 
being equally divided between them, with some- 
thing extra to the head man. 
Thackeray, Vanity Fair, ix. butua (bu'tu-S), H. See abutua. 
buttourt, . A Middle English form of bittern^, butwards (but'wfirdz), adv. [< bufl, adr., + 
buttress (but'res), M. [Early mod. E. also \mt- -mirth.'] Toward the outward apartment. 
teras, bvtterace, butrasse, bottras; < late ME. but- [Scotch.] 
trace,butterace,but- butyl (bu'til), n. [< but(yric) + -yl.] A hydro- 
rasse, boterace, < carbon alcohol radical having the composition 
OF. bouterete, prop. C 4 H 9 . It cannot be isolated, and occurs only 
ph of bouteret, bu- in combination with other radicals. Butyl- 
tcrct, a buttress, Chloral hydrate. Same Meroton-chloral hydrate (vMch 
prop, adj., thrust- . 8e ?' l '" l ' er "> "">. 
ing, bearing a butylamlne (bu-til'a-min), n. [< butyl + 
thrust (said of an /'"''] Same as tetrylaminc. 
arch or a pillar) butylene (bu'ti-len) H. [< butyl + -ene.] A 
(cf. boutricc "an hydrocarbon (C 4 H 8 ) belonging to the olefine 
ashler or binding- series - Jt exists in three isomeric forms, all 
stone (in build ^ wn ich are gases at ordinary temperatures, 
ing)," boutant, "a bntyllc (bu-til'ik), a. [< butyl + -ic.] Of or 
buttress or shore- Paining to bntyl. 
post"-Cotrave),< butyraceous (bu-ti-ra'shius), a. [< L. bnty- 
3 rum, butter (see butter 1 ), + ^iceoits.] Having 
the quality of butter ; resembling butter ; con- 
sisting of or containing butter. Also butyrous. 
button-tree (but'n-tre), M. Same as button- 
wood, 1. 
button-weed (but'n-wed), M. 1. A name given 
to several rubiaceous plants belonging to the 
genera Spermacoce, IHodia, and Borreria. 2. 
The knapweed, Centaurea nigra. 
buttonwood (but'n-wud), w. 1. A common 
name in the West Indies of a low combreta- 
ceous tree, Conocarpus erecta, with very heavy, 
hard, and compact wood. 
Deco- 
wood. Also called button-tree. 
2. See buttonball. 
buttony (but'n-i), a. [< button + -yl.] 
rated with a profusion of buttons. 
That buttony boy sprang up and down from the box 
with Emmy's and Jos's visiting card. 
Iviim but! 
hiiii/er, boter, push, 
thrust, put, mod. P. 
bouter, put, bittrr, 
prop, support, the 
ource of E. butt 1 , 
push, etc. : see 
/iKffi.] 1. A struc- 
ture built against butyrate (bu'ti-rat), n. [< L. bntyrum, butter, 
_>ur- + -<ife.l.] A salt of butyric acid Ethyl buty- 
pose of giving it rate, C..H-, r,ii 7 (>.,, a very mobile liquid, having an odor 
somewhat like that of the pineapple. It is soluble in al- 
cohol, and Is used, on account of its odor, In the manufac- 
turt of perfumery and also of artificial nun and other gpir- 
, to H ls prepared l.y distilling a mixture ,,f alcohol and 
butyric acid, with the addition of a little ether. Known 
in trade as ettmte of pineapple or onaiwM-oi'/. Olycsrtn 
butyrate or butyrin, '' t ll-.<t'iMT')-.):i. a t:]ycirid or fat 
whii'h occurs in butter. 
Among all races perhaps nonehasuhownsoacutea sense 
of the side on which it* bread Is buttered [u the Saxon), 
and so great a repugnance for having fine phrases take 
the place of the butyrareovt principle. 
Loirtll, study Windows, p. 249. 
,,"J ilt .? gain8t butyrate (bu'ti-rat), . 
a wall, for the pur- 
giving it rare, , ., ,,-, , ,.., 
.stability. 2. Pig- somewhat like that of the pineapple. It 1s soluble In al- 
. 
uraf iveiv any prop 
.. 'A * * 
suppon. 
The ground pillar 
and tuttrattof the good 
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