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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
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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
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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
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Cup
·vt To supply with cups of wine.
II. Cup ·noun The contents of such a vessel; a cupful.
III. Cup ·...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cup
A wine-cup (Gen. 40:11, 21), various forms of which are found on Assyrian and Egyptian monuments. Al...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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cup
A solid piece of cast-iron let into the step of the capstan, and in which the iron spindle at the he...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Cup
The cups of the Jews, whether of metal or earthenware, were possibly borrowed, in point of shape and...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Butter-fingered
·adj Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; slippery; careless.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Butter-scotch
·noun A kind of candy, mainly composed of sugar and butter.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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
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butter box
A Dutchman, from the great quantity of butter eaten by the people of that country.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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school butter
Cobbing, whipping.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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
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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.
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butter-fingered
Said of persons who are apt to let things fall.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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butter-jags
the flowers of trifolium siliqua cornuta.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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butter-shag
a slice of bread and butter. Cumb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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butter-bump
a bittern. S. Called in the North a MIRE-DRUM.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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butter-box
A name given to the brig-traders of lumpy form, from London, Bristol, and other English ports. A can...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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butter-bump
A name of the bittern in the north.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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butter-fingered
Having a careless habit of allowing things to drop through the fingers.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Acorn cup
·- The involucre or cup in which the acorn is fixed.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cup shake
·add. ·- A shake or fissure between the annual rings of a tree, found oftenest near the roots.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cup-gall
·noun A kind of oak-leaf gall. ·see <<Gall>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cup-moss
·noun A kind of lichen, of the genus Cladonia.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cup-rose
·noun Red poppy. ·see Cop-rose.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Egg-cup
·noun A cup used for holding an egg, at table.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Loving cup
·add. ·- A large ornamental drinking vessel having two or more handles, intended to pass from hand t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Monkey-cup
·noun ·see <<Nepenthes>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Poison cup
·add. ·- A cup containing poison.
II. Poison cup ·add. ·- A cup that was supposed to break on havin...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sneak-cup
·noun One who sneaks from his cups; one who balks his glass.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cup-bearer
An officer of high rank with Egyptian, Persian, Assyrian, and Jewish monarchs. The cup-bearer of the...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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stirrup cup
A parting cup or glass, drank on horseback by the person taking leave.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cup o'sneeze
a pinch of snuff. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Three Cup Court
South out of Newgate Street, in Farringdon Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755).
Or " King's H...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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
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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
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Cup and Fan Court
In Leadenhall Street (P.C. 1732).
Also called "Cap and Fan Court."
See Five Bell Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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cup of the creature
A cup of good liquor.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose