Abutter :: Abutter (n.) One who, or that which, abuts. Specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate; as, the abutters on a street or a river..

Butter :: Butter (n.) An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning..

Butter :: Butter (n.) 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 :: Butter (v. t.) To cover or spread with butter.

Butter :: Butter (v. t.) To increase, as stakes, at every throw or every game..

Butter :: Butter (n.) One who, or that which, butts..

Butter-fingered :: Butter-fingered (a.) Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; slippery; careless..

Butter-scotch :: Butter-scotch (n.) A kind of candy, mainly composed of sugar and butter..

Butterball :: Butterball (n.) The buffel duck.

Butterbird :: Butterbird (n.) The rice bunting or bobolink; -- so called in the island of Jamaica.

Butterbump :: Butterbump (n.) The European bittern.

Butterbur :: Butterbur (n.) A broad-leaved plant (Petasites vulgaris) of the Composite family, said to have been used in England for wrapping up pats of butter..

Buttercup :: Buttercup (n.) A plant of the genus Ranunculus, or crowfoot, particularly R. bulbosus, with bright yellow flowers; -- called also butterflower, golden cup, and kingcup. It is the cuckoobud of Shakespeare..

Buttered :: Buttered (imp. & p. p.) of Butte.

Butterfish :: Butterfish (n.) A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus of the Atlantic coast, the Epinephelus punctatus of the southern coast, the rock eel, and the kelpfish of New Zealand..

Butterflies :: Butterflies (pl. ) of Butterfl.

Butterfly :: Butterfly (n.) A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera.

Butteries :: Butteries (pl. ) of Butter.

Butterine :: Butterine (n.) A substance prepared from animal fat with some other ingredients intermixed, as an imitation of butter..

Buttering :: Buttering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Butte.

Butteris :: Butteris (n.) A steel cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in a handle which rests against the shoulder of the operator. It is operated by a thrust movement, and used in paring the hoofs of horses..

Butterman :: Butterman (n.) A man who makes or sells butter.

Buttermen :: Buttermen (pl. ) of Butterma.

Buttermilk :: Buttermilk (n.) The milk that remains after the butter is separated from the cream.

Butternut :: Butternut (n.) An American tree (Juglans cinerea) of the Walnut family, and its edible fruit; -- so called from the oil contained in the latter. Sometimes called oil nut and white walnut..

Butternut :: Butternut (n.) The nut of the Caryocar butyrosum and C. nuciferum, of S. America; -- called also Souari nut..

Butterweed :: Butterweed (n.) An annual composite plant of the Mississippi valley (Senecio lobatus).

Butterweight :: Butterweight (n.) Over weight.

Butterwort :: Butterwort (n.) A genus of low herbs (Pinguicula) having simple leaves which secrete from their glandular upper surface a viscid fluid, to which insects adhere, after which the margin infolds and the insects are digested by the plant. The species are found mostly in the North Temperate zone..

Buttery :: Buttery (a.) Having the qualities, consistence, or appearance, of butter..

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