butter-bump

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• butter-bump

  a bittern. S. Called in the North a MIRE-DRUM. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• 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. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• bottle-bump

  The bittern, so called on our east coast. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• bump, to

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

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• bump-ashore

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

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• 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...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• butter-fingered

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

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• 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