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(1):

(n.) 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.

(2):

(n.) An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning.

(3):

(n.) One who, or that which, butts.

(4):

(v. t.) To increase, as stakes, at every throw or every game.

(5):

(v. t.) To cover or spread with butter.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Butter'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/butter.html. 1828.
 
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