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Button   /bˈətən/   Listen
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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"Button" Quotes from Famous Books



... good thick cloak. Our man was therefore well bedight With double mantle, strong and tight. 'This fellow,' said the wind, 'has meant To guard from every ill event; But little does he wot that I Can blow him such a blast That, not a button fast, His cloak shall cleave the sky. Come, here's a pleasant game, Sir Sun! Wilt play?' Said Phoebus, 'Done! We'll bet between us here Which first will take the gear From off this cavalier. Begin, ...
— The Fables of La Fontaine - A New Edition, With Notes • Jean de La Fontaine
... unfastened the button, and produced from inside her crimson robe, a crystal-like locket, set with pearls and gems, and with a brilliant golden fringe. Pao-yue promptly received it from her, and upon minute examination, found that there were in fact four ...
— Hung Lou Meng, Book I • Cao Xueqin
... a locality unsavory beyond credence! ... As they emerged on the street level and turned west on Bermondsey Wall, Kirkwood was fain to tug his top-coat over his chest and button it tight, to hide his linen. In a guarded tone he counseled his companion to do likewise; and Calendar, after a moment's blank, uncomprehending stare, acknowledged the wisdom of the ...
— The Black Bag • Louis Joseph Vance
... this excellent family vegetate under the shade of a mighty button-wood tree, which by little and little grew so great as entirely to overshadow their palace. The city gradually spread its suburbs round their domain. Houses sprung up to interrupt their prospects. The rural lanes in the vicinity began to grow into the bustle and ...
— Tales of a Traveller • Washington Irving
... had fallen on to the hearth; but looking nearer I saw a blob or button of lead upon the bar of the grate. There was no resisting the conviction which forced itself upon me: my ...
— A Flat Iron for a Farthing - or Some Passages in the Life of an only Son • Juliana Horatia Ewing


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