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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..

Buttonbush :: Buttonbush (n.) A shrub (Cephalanthus occidentalis) growing by the waterside; -- so called from its globular head of flowers. See Capitulum.

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

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..

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..

Muffle :: Muffle (v. t.) An earthenware compartment or oven, often shaped like a half cylinder, used in furnaces to protect objects heated from the direct action of the fire, as in scorification of ores, cupellation of ore buttons, etc..

Knop :: Knop (n.) A knob; a bud; a bunch; a button.

Tasimer :: Tasimer (n.) An instrument for detecting or measuring minute extension or movements of solid bodies. It consists essentially of a small rod, disk, or button of carbon, forming part of an electrical circuit, the resistance of which, being varied by the changes of pressure produced by the movements of the object to be measured, causes variations in the strength of the current, which variations are indicated by a sensitive galvanometer. It is also used for measuring minute changes of temperature..

Button :: Button (n.) To dress or clothe.

Probe-pointed :: Probe-pointed (a.) Having a blunt or button-shaped extremity; -- said of cutting instruments.

Boutonniere :: Boutonniere (n.) A bouquet worn in a buttonhole.

Button :: Button (v. i.) To be fastened by a button or buttons; as, the coat will not button..

Toggle :: Toggle (n.) A wooden pin tapering toward both ends with a groove around its middle, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope to be secured to any other loop or bight or ring; a kind of button or frog capable of being readily engaged and disengaged for temporary purposes..

Knap :: Knap (n.) A protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a button; hence, rising ground; a summit. See Knob, and Knop..

Hemacite :: Hemacite (n.) A composition made from blood, mixed with mineral or vegetable substances, used for making buttons, door knobs, etc..

Sherryvallies :: Sherryvallies (n. pl.) Trousers or overalls of thick cloth or leather, buttoned on the outside of each leg, and generally worn to protect other trousers when riding on horseback..

Buttoned :: Buttoned (imp. & p. p.) of Butto.

Shank :: Shank (v.) A loop forming an eye to a button.

Buttonhole :: Buttonhole (v. t.) To hold at the button or buttonhole; to detain in conversation to weariness; to bore; as, he buttonholed me a quarter of an hour..

Button :: Button (n.) A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion..

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