Definition of butter

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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..

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Vanessa :: Vanessa (n.) Any one of numerous species of handsomely colored butterflies belonging to Vanessa and allied genera. Many of these species have the edges of the wings irregularly scalloped.
Sea Butterfly :: Sea butterfly () A pteropod.
Rancid :: Rancid (a.) Having a rank smell or taste, from chemical change or decomposition; musty; as, rancid oil or butter..
Achenium :: Achenium (n.) A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; -- called a naked seed by the earlier botanists..
Bitterbump :: Bitterbump (n.) the butterbump or bittern.
Toadflax :: Toadflax (n.) An herb (Linaria vulgaris) of the Figwort family, having narrow leaves and showy orange and yellow flowers; -- called also butter and eggs, flaxweed, and ramsted..
Buttering :: Buttering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Butte.
Butyrin :: Butyrin (n.) A butyrate of glycerin; a fat contained in small quantity in milk, which helps to give to butter its peculiar flavor..
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..
Buttery :: Buttery (a.) Having the qualities, consistence, or appearance, of butter..
Viceroy :: Viceroy (prep.) A large and handsome American butterfly (Basilarchia, / Limenitis, archippus). Its wings are orange-red, with black lines along the nervures and a row of white spots along the outer margins. The larvae feed on willow, poplar, and apple trees..
Sovereign :: Sovereign (n.) Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy..
Osmaterium :: Osmaterium (n.) One of a pair of scent organs which the larvae of certain butterflies emit from the first body segment, either above or below..
Bipupillate :: Bipupillate (a.) Having an eyelike spot on the wing, with two dots within it of a different color, as in some butterflies..
Melt :: Melt (v. i.) To be changed from a solid to a liquid state under the influence of heat; as, butter and wax melt at moderate temperatures..
Print :: Print (n.) A stamp or die for molding or impressing an ornamental design upon an object; as, a butter print..
Urania :: Urania (n.) A genus of large, brilliantly colored moths native of the West Indies and South America. Their bright colored and tailed hind wings and their diurnal flight cause them to closely resemble butterflies..
Buttery :: Buttery (n.) A room in some English colleges where liquors, fruit, and refreshments are kept for sale to the students..
Sally Lunn :: Sally Lunn () A tea cake slighty sweetened, and raised with yeast, baked in the form of biscuits or in a thin loaf, and eaten hot with butter..
Battel :: Battel (v. i.) To be supplied with provisions from the buttery.
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