Button

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun To dress or clothe.

II. Button ·noun A bud; a germ of a plant.

III. Button ·noun A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.

IV. Button ·vi To be fastened by a button or buttons; as, the coat will not button.

V. Button ·noun A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.

VI. Button ·noun To fasten with a button or buttons; to inclose or make secure with buttons;

— often followed by up.

VII. Button ·noun A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, as a door.

VIII. Button ·noun 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.

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

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