n. [ OE. botere, butter, AS. butere, fr. L. butyrum, Gr.
Butter boat,
Butter flower,
Butter print,
Butter tooth,
Butter tree (Bot.),
Butter trier,
Butter wife,
n. One who, or that which, butts. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
I know what's what. I know on which side
My bread is buttered. Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.)
n. (Zool.) The rice bunting or bobolink; -- so called in the island of Jamaica. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. buttur the bittern + 5th bump. ] (Zool.) The European bittern. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus
n. the fatty substance of milk from which butter is made. [ WordNet 1.5 ]