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noun

Button n.

1.

A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.

2.

A catch, of various forms and materials, used to fasten together the different parts of dress, by being attached to one part, and passing through a slit, called a buttonhole, in the other; used also for ornament.

3.

A bud; a germ of a plant.

4.

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

5.

A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.

Button hook, a hook for catching a button and drawing it through a buttonhole, as in buttoning boots and gloves.

Button shell (Zool.), a small, univalve marine shell of the genus Rotella.

Button snakeroot. (Bot.)

(a)

The American composite genus Liatris, having rounded buttonlike heads of flowers.

(b)

An American umbelliferous plant with rigid, narrow leaves, and flowers in dense heads.

Button tree (Bot.), a genus of trees (Conocarpus), furnishing durable timber, mostly natives of the West Indies.

To hold by the button, to detain in conversation to weariness; to bore; to buttonhole.

verb

Button v. t. (past & past part. buttoned; pres. part. buttoning)

1.

To fasten with a button or buttons; to inclose or make secure with buttons; often followed by up. "He was a tall, fat, long-bodied man, buttoned up to the throat in a tight green coat."

2.

To dress or clothe. (Obs.)

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

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Etymology of 'Button'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... point of the entertainment everybody voted it a great success; although the wind was slowly rising and blowing from a cold point, and our blanket-tent did not afford the perfect warmth and shelter we had fondly credited it with. The gentlemen began to button up their coats. I had only a light serge jacket on, so I coaxed Dick to sit at my back and keep it warm; for, whilst our faces were roasted by the huge beacon-fire, there was a keen and icy draught behind us. The hot tea was a great comfort, and we enjoyed it thoroughly, and after ...

— Station Life in New Zealand • Lady Barker

... "Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle," there was told how he became possessed of the machine, after it had nearly killed Mr. Damon, who was learning to ride it. Mr. Damon, who had a habit of "blessing" everything from his collar button to his shoe laces, did not "bless" the motor-cycle after it tried to climb a tree with him; and he sold it to Tom very cheaply. Tom repaired it, invented some new attachments for it, and had a number of adventures on it. Not the least ...

— Tom Swift and his Wireless Message • Victor Appleton

... came in good time, and the Bond Street darlings weren't crushed in the least, because I had put them to bed so nicely with sheets and pillows of tissue paper. I decided to wear a pink chiffon, with tiny button roses laid like a dainty frame all round the low neck and where the sleeves ought to have been but weren't. The chiffon's embroidered with roses to match. Can you imagine me in such a dream? I can't. But it suits me, rather. ...

— Set in Silver • Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson

... found herself even studying the large check of his shooting-coat and the stockings which she had once laughingly admired, and which he had ever since worn. Her eyes rested upon the sprig of heliotrope which, with her own fingers, she had arranged in his button hole, as they had strolled down the garden together just before the start; and the faint perfume which reached her where she stood, helped her to realize that she was in the thrall of no nightmare, but that this thing had really happened. She ...

— The New Tenant • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... for the purchase of arms and ammunition. Throughout the State a martial tone resounded. Threats of secession and war were heard on every side. Nightly meetings were held and demonstrations were organized. Blue cockades with a palmetto button in the center became the most popular of ornaments. Medals were struck bearing the inscription: "John C. Calhoun, First President of the Southern Confederacy." The Legislature, reassembling in December, ...

— The Reign of Andrew Jackson • Frederic Austin Ogg

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