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butter-bump
A name of the bittern in the north. ...

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Bump
·noun A thump; a heavy blow. II. Bump ·noun The noise made by the bittern. III. Bump ·noun A swell...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Butter
·noun One who, or that which, butts. II. Butter ·vt To cover or spread with butter. III. Butter ·v...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Butter
(Heb. hemah), curdled milk (Gen. 18:8; Judg. 5:25; 2 Sam. 17:29), or butter in the form of the skim ...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Butter
Curdled milk. (Genesis 18:8; 32:14; Judges 5:25; Job 20:17) Milk is generally offered to travellers ...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
bitter-bump
A north-country name for the bittern. ...

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bottle-bump
The bittern, so called on our east coast. ...

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bump, to
To bump a boat, is to pull astern of her in another, and insultingly or inimically give her the stem...

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bump-ashore
Running stem-on to a beach or bank. A ship bumps by the action of the waves lifting and dropping her...

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Butter-fingered
·adj Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; slippery; careless. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Butter-scotch
·noun A kind of candy, mainly composed of sugar and butter. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Peanut butter
·add. ·- A paste made by mixing ground fresh roasted peanuts with a small quantity of water or oil, ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
butter box
A Dutchman, from the great quantity of butter eaten by the people of that country. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
school butter
Cobbing, whipping. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
butter-fish
n. a name given in Australia to Oligorus mitchellii, Castln. (see Murray Perch);in Victoria, to Chil...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
apple butter
A sauce made of apples stewed down in cider. This is generally made in quantity, and kept for use du...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
butter-cup
The flower of the ranunculus ficarius. It seems to have obtained its name from a vulgar error, that ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
butter-fingered
Said of persons who are apt to let things fall. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
butter-jags
the flowers of trifolium siliqua cornuta. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
butter-shag
a slice of bread and butter. Cumb. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
butter-box
A name given to the brig-traders of lumpy form, from London, Bristol, and other English ports. A can...

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butter-fingered
Having a careless habit of allowing things to drop through the fingers. ...

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bread and butter fashion
One slice upon the other. John and his maid were caught lying bread and butter fashion.--To quarrel ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
butter and eggs trot
A kind of short jogg trot, such as is used by women going to market, with butter and eggs.--he looks...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose