v. t.
He was a tall, fat, long-bodied man, buttoned up to the throat in a tight green coat. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. boton, botoun, F. bouton button, bud, prop. something pushing out, fr. bouter to push. See Butt an end. ]
Button hook,
Button shell (Zool.),
Button snakeroot. (Bot.)
Button tree (Bot.),
To hold by the button,
v. i. To be fastened by a button or buttons;
n. (Bot.) See Buttonwood. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) A shrub (Cephalanthus occidentalis) growing by the waterside; -- so called from its globular head of flowers. See Capitulum. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. furnished with buttons or something buttonlike. Opposite of
adj. conservatively formal and businesslike in dress and manner.
a colorful character in the
adj.
n. The hole or loop in which a button is caught. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To hold at the button or buttonhole; to detain in conversation to weariness; to bore;