Definition of 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.
  

(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.
  

(n.)
An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning.
  

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butter
\butt"er\ (&?;), n. one who, or that which, butts.
butter
\but"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. buttered (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. buttering.]
1. to cover or spread with butter. i know what's what. i know on which side my bread is buttered.
2. to increase, as stakes, at every throw or every game. [cant]
butter
\but"ter\ (bŭt"t&etilde;r), n. [oe. botere, butter, as. butere, fr. l. butyrum, gr. boy`tyron; either fr. boy`s ox, cow + tyro`s cheese; or, perhaps, of scythian origin. cf. cow.] 1. an oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning.
2. 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
and eggs (bot.), a name given to several plants having flowers of two shades of yellow, as narcissus incomparabilis, and in the united states to the toadflax (linaria vulgaris).
butter
boat, a small vessel for holding melted butter at table.
butter
flower, the buttercup, a yellow flower.
butter
print, a piece of carved wood used to mark pats of butter; -- called also butter stamp.
butter
tooth, either of the two middle incisors of the upper jaw.
butter
tree (bot.), a tree of the genus bassia, the seeds of which yield a substance closely resembling butter. the butter tree of india is the b. butyracea; that of africa is the shea tree (b. parkii). see shea tree.
butter
trier, a tool used in sampling butter.
butter
wife, a woman who makes or sells butter; -- called also butter woman. [obs. or archaic]

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 butter wife 
 drawn butter 
 witches` butter 
 red butter pear 
 butter daisy 
 butter trier 
 butter boat 
 yak butter 
 butter bean 
 butter tree 
 butter of zinc 
 butter of tin 
 nutmeg butter 
 vegetable butter 
 butter woman 
 butter flower 
 butter print 
 butter tooth 
 butter-fingered 
 butter stamp 
 butter-print 
 lemon butter 
 butter-and-eggs 
 to cream butter 
 apple butter 
 lobster butter 
 butter-bean plant 
 meuniere butter 
 bog butter 
 bread and butter 
 butter and eggs 
 rock butter 
 midshipman`s butter 
 butter-scotch 

Meaning
Prim and proper.
Origin
The allusion is to women who are so proper that they don't even have the warmth to melt butter. Is recorded as being in use since 16th century.

im m.
v., cuir im ar; fig. déan bladar le

Brechdan = n. bread and butter

Brefan = n. a lump of butter

Ciler = n. a butter tray

Ymenyn = n. butter

rhyming slang: a jap

bad driver

nothing but a ...; only: “They're numb butter buncher drongoes”

1. well liked, smoothed out: "Phife Dog is on the mic and I'm smooth like butter. It's like butter, not no Parkay, not no margerine, strictly butter, baby" -- A Tribe Called Quest (Butter [??])
2. good; really nice; phat; attractive; or great:"That shot was buttah"
3. see also butter and egg man

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Noun
1. an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use
(hypernym) dairy product
(hyponym) clarified butter, drawn butter
2. a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head
(hypernym) combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper
(derivation) butt, bunt

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Verb
1. spread butter on; "butter bread"
(hypernym) cover

Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth

To dream of eating fresh, golden butter, is a sign of good health and plans well carried out; it will bring unto you possessions, wealth and knowledge.

To eat rancid butter, denotes a competency acquired through struggles of manual labor.

To sell butter, denotes small gain.
  

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(adj) Well liked, smoothed out. "Phife Dog is on the mic and I'm smooth like butter. It's like butter, not no Parkay, not no margerine, strictly butter, baby" -- A Tribe Called Quest (Butter [??]).

(adj) Well liked, smoothed out. "Phife Dog is on the mic and I'm smooth like butter. It's like butter, not no Parkay, not no margerine, strictly butter, baby" -- A Tribe Called Quest (Butter [??]).

(Heb. hemah), curdled milk (Gen. 18:8; Judg. 5:25; 2 Sam. 17:29), or butter in the form of the skim of hot milk or cream, called by the Arabs kaimak, a semi-fluid (Job 20:17; 29:6; Deut. 32:14). The words of Prov. 30:33 have been rendered by some "the pressure [not churning] of milk bringeth forth cheese."

Curdled milk. (Genesis 18:8; 32:14; Judges 5:25; Job 20:17) Milk is generally offered to travellers in Palestine in a curdled or sour state, leben, thick, almost like butter. Hasselquist describes the method of making butter employed by the Arab women: "they made butter in a leather bag, hung on three poles erected for the purpose, in the form of a cone, and drawn to and fro by two women."
  

Amount per 100g:
• Calories.......................717
• Total Fat......................81 g
• Saturated Fat.................50 g
• Cholesterol..................219 mg
• Sodium........................827 mg
• Total Carbohydrate......0 g
• Dietary Fiber...................0 g
• Protein.........................1 g

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 Vitamin A  3058 IU   Vitamin C  0 mg
 Calcium    24 mg    Iron         0 mg

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