- (n.) An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning.
- (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.
- (v.t.) To increase, as stakes, at every throw or every game.
- (v.t.) To cover or spread with butter.
- (n.) One who or that which, butts.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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