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Butter \But"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Buttered} (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Buttering}.]
1. To cover or spread with butter.
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I know what's what. I know on which side
My bread is buttered. --Ford.
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2. To increase, as stakes, at every throw or every game.
[Cant] --Johnson.
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Butter \But"ter\ (b[u^]t"t[~e]r), n. [OE. botere, butter, AS.
butere, fr. L. butyrum, Gr. boy`turon; either fr. boy`s ox,
cow turo`s cheese; or, perhaps, of Scythian origin. Cf.
{Cow}.]
1. An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by
churning.
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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.
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{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 {Bassia butyracea}; that of
Africa is the Shea tree ({Bassia 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]
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Butter \Butt"er\, n.
One who, or that which, butts.
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