![]() Butt′on-hook, a hook for pulling the buttons of gloves and shoes through the button-holes Butt′on-wood, a small West Indian evergreen tree of the myrobalan family: the plane-tree of the United States-also Butt′on-ball and incorrectly Sycamore.- adj. to detain in talk, as if by taking hold of a man by the button.- ns. Butt′on-bush, a North American shrub of the madder family, having globular flower-heads Butt′on-hole, the hole or slit in the dress by which the button is held.- v.t. to fasten by means of buttons: to close up tightly.- v.i. a knob of metal, bone, &c., used to fasten the dress: the knob at the end of a foil: the head of an unexpanded mushroom: the knob of an electric bell, &c.: anything of small value, as in the phrase, 'I don't care a button:' a person who acts as a decoy: ( pl.) young mushrooms, sheep's dung.- v.t. He gave his legs, arm, and breast, to his ordinary servant, to button and dress him.Ĭhambers 20th Century Dictionary Rate this definition: 4.0 / 1 voteīut′n, n. One whose hard heart is button’d up with steel. Robert AinsworthĮtymology: from the noun. The sea urchin, which is a kind of crabfish that has prickles instead of feet. Too oft before their buttons be disclos’d. The canker galls the infants of the spring, Soft on the paper ruff its leaves I spread,īright with the gilded button tipt its head.Īlexander Pope, Dunciad. Suckled and chear’d, with air, and sun and show’r Boyle.įair from its humble bed I rear’d this flow’r, We fastened to the upper marble certain wires, and a button. Any knob or ball fastened to a smaller body. I mention those ornaments, because, of the simplicity of the shape, want of ornaments, buttons, loops, gold and silver lace, they must have been cheaper than ours. A catch, or small ball, by which the dress of man is fastened. Samuel Johnson's Dictionary Rate this definition: 0.0 / 0 votesĮtymology: bottwn, Welch bouton, Fr. The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.Ī raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement marking painted stripe.Įtymology: From boton (French bouton), itself either from *, probably ultimately from a language, or from bouter + -on. The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.Ī plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game also dealer's button. The politician wore a bright yellow button with the slogan "Vote Smart" emblazoned on it. Pat pushed the button marked "shred" on the blender.Īn on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.Ĭlick the button that looks like a house to return to your browser's home page.Ī badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric. Wiktionary Rate this definition: 5.0 / 1 voteĪ knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.Īpril fastened the buttons of her overcoat to keep out the wind.Ī mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
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