Definition of button

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Button (n.) A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, as a door..

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Boutonniere :: Boutonniere (n.) A bouquet worn in a buttonhole.
Nux Vomica :: Nux vomica () The seed of Strychnos Nuxvomica, a tree which abounds on the Malabar and Coromandel coasts of the East Indies. From this seed the deadly poisons known as strychnine and brucine are obtained. The seeds are sometimes called Quaker buttons..
Buttonweed :: Buttonweed (n.) The name of several plants of the genera Spermacoce and Diodia, of the Madder family..
Buttoned :: Buttoned (imp. & p. p.) of Butto.
Knap :: Knap (n.) A protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a button; hence, rising ground; a summit. See Knob, and Knop..
Scorifier :: Scorifier (n.) One who, or that which, scorifies; specifically, a small flat bowl-shaped cup used in the first heating in assaying, to remove the earth and gangue, and to concentrate the gold and silver in a lead button..
Reenforce :: Reenforce (v.) An additional thickness of canvas, cloth, or the like, around an eyelet, buttonhole, etc..
Unbutton :: Unbutton (v. t.) To loose the buttons of; to unfasten.
Tache :: Tache (n.) Something used for taking hold or holding; a catch; a loop; a button.
Sycamore :: Sycamore (n.) The American plane tree, or buttonwood..
Scorify :: Scorify (v. t.) To reduce to scoria or slag; specifically, in assaying, to fuse so as to separate the gangue and earthy material, with borax, lead, soda, etc., thus leaving the gold and silver in a lead button; hence, to separate from, or by means of, a slag..
Buttons :: Buttons (n.) A boy servant, or page, -- in allusion to the buttons on his livery..
Button :: Button (n.) To fasten with a button or buttons; to inclose or make secure with buttons; -- often followed by up.
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)..
Buttony :: Buttony (a.) Ornamented with a large number of buttons.
Jet :: "Jet (n.) A variety of lignite, of a very compact texture and velvet black color, susceptible of a good polish, and often wrought into mourning jewelry, toys, buttons, etc. Formerly called also black amber..
Button :: Button (n.) A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass..
Foil :: Foil (n.) A blunt weapon used in fencing, resembling a smallsword in the main, but usually lighter and having a button at the point..
Double-breasted :: Double-breasted (a.) Folding or lapping over on the breast, with a row of buttons and buttonholes on each side; as, a double-breasted coat..
Button :: Button (v. i.) To be fastened by a button or buttons; as, the coat will not button..
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