Abuttal :: Abuttal (n.) The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; a headland..

Abutted :: Abutted (imp. & p. p.) of Abu.

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..

Abutting :: Abutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abu.

Bachelor''s Button :: Bachelor's button () A plant with flowers shaped like buttons; especially, several species of Ranunculus, and the cornflower (Centaures cyanus) and globe amaranth (Gomphrena)..

Butt :: Butt (v. t.) Alt. of Bu.

Butt :: Butt (v. i.) To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut..

Butt :: Butt (v. i.) To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See Butt, n.].

Butt :: Butt (v. t.) To strike by thrusting the head against; to strike with the head.

Butt :: Butt (n.) A large cask or vessel for wine or beer. It contains two hogsheads.

Butt :: Butt (n.) The common English flounder.

Butt Hinge :: Butt hinge () See 1st Butt, 10..

Butt Joint :: Butt joint () A joint in which the edges or ends of the pieces united come squarely together instead of overlapping. See 1st Butt, 8..

Butt Shaft :: Butt shaft () An arrow without a barb, for shooting at butts; an arrow..

Butt Weld :: Butt weld () See Butt weld, under Butt..

Butte :: Butte (n.) A detached low mountain, or high rising abruptly from the general level of the surrounding plain; -- applied to peculiar elevations in the Rocky Mountain region..

Butted :: Butted (imp. & p. p.) of Bu.

Butted :: Butted (imp. & p. p.) of But.

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..

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