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but·ter
/ˈbʌtɚ/
奶油,黃油(
vt
.)塗黃油于
From:
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but·ter
/ˈbətɚ/
名詞
酪,奶油,乳脂,黃油
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
But·ter
,
v. t.
[
imp. &
p
. p.
Buttered
(░);
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Buttering
.]
1.
To
cover
or
spread
with
butter
.
I
know
what's
what
.
I
know
on
which
side
My
bread
is
buttered
. --
Ford
.
2.
To
increase
,
as
stakes
,
at
every
throw
or
every
game
. [
Cant
]
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
But·ter
n.
1.
An
oily
,
unctuous
substance
obtained
from
cream
or
milk
by
churning
.
2.
Any
substance
resembling
butter
in
degree
of
consistence
,
or
other
qualities
,
especially
,
in
old
chemistry
,
the
chlorides
,
as
butter
of
antimony
,
sesquichloride
of
antimony
;
also
,
certain
concrete
fat
oils
remaining
nearly
solid
at
ordinary
temperatures
,
as
butter
of
cacao
,
vegetable
butter
,
shea
butter
.
Butter boat
,
a
small
vessel
for
holding
melted
butter
at
table
.
Butter flower
,
the
buttercup
,
a
yellow
flower
.
Butter print
,
a
piece
of
carved
wood
used
to
mark
pats
of
butter
; --
called
also
butter stamp
. --
Locke
.
Butter tooth
,
either
of
the
two
middle
incisors
of
the
upper
jaw
.
Butter tree
Bot.
,
a
tree
of
the
genus
Bassia
,
the
seeds
of
which
yield
a
substance
closely
resembling
butter
.
The
butter
tree
of
India
is
the
Bassia butyracea
;
that
of
Africa
is
the
Shea
tree
(
Bassia Parkii
).
See
Shea tree
.
Butter trier
,
a
tool
used
in
sampling
butter
.
Butter wife
,
a
woman
who
makes
or
sells
butter
; --
called
also
butter woman
. [
Obs
.
or
Archaic
]
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Butt·er
n.
One
who
,
or
that
which
,
butts
.
◄
►
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
butter
n
1:
an
edible
emulsion
of
fat
globules
made
by
churning
milk
or
cream
;
for
cooking
and
table
use
2:
a
fighter
who
strikes
the
opponent
with
his
head
v
:
spread
butter
on
; "
butter
bread
"
From:
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Butter
(
Heb
.
hemah
),
curdled
milk
(
Gen
. 18:8;
Judg
. 5:25; 2
Sam
.
17:29),
or
butter
in
the
form
of
the
skim
of
hot
milk
or
cream
,
called
by
the
Arabs
kaimak
,
a
semi-fluid
(
Job
20:17; 29:6;
Deut
.
32:14).
The
words
of
Prov
. 30:33
have
been
rendered
by
some
"
the
pressure
[
not
churning
]
of
milk
bringeth
forth
cheese
."
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