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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Button

Bŭt'ton, n.

noun

(bŭt'n), n. [Fr. bouton, button, bud, Pr. & Sp. boton, It. bottone, from Fr. bout, end, extremity, Prov. It. butt, bud. Cf. W. bot, any round thing, bottom, boss, button.]

  1. A knob; a small ball; a small, round 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 or loop, called a button-hole, in the other;—used also for ornament.
  3. A bud; a germ of a plant. Shak.
  4. A flat and elongated piece of wood or metal turning on a nail or screw, to fasten doors and the like.
  5. (Assaying.) A round mass of metal remaining in the cupel after fusion.

To hold by the button, to detain in conversation to weariness; to bore; also, to be on terms of familiarity or intimacy with.

Bŭt'ton, v. t.

verbtransitive

(bŭt'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. BUTTONED; p. pr. & vb. n. 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. Dickens. 2. To dress or clothe. [Obs.] Shak.

Bŭt'ton, v. i.

verbintransitive

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