Found 1 hit - Term: to hold by the button, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
button \but"ton\, n. oe. boton, botoun, f. bouton button, bud,
prop. something pushing out, fr. bouter to push. see butt
an end.
1. a knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.
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2. 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.
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3. a bud; a germ of a plant. --shak.
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4. a piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated,
turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, as a
door.
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5. a globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a
crucible, after fusion.
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button hook, a hook for catching a button and drawing it
through a buttonhole, as in buttoning boots and gloves.
button shell zool., a small, univalve marine shell of the
genus rotella.
button snakeroot. bot.
a the american composite genus liatris, having rounded
buttonlike heads of flowers.
b an american umbelliferous plant with rigid, narrow
leaves, and flowers in dense heads.
button tree bot., a genus of trees conocarpus,
furnishing durable timber, mostly natives of the west
indies.
to hold by the button, to detain in conversation to
weariness; to bore; to buttonhole.
1913 webster
see also:
butt button hook button shell rotella button snakeroot liatris
button tree conocarpus to hold by the button
Results 1 - 5 of 5 found about to hold by the button: Hold
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Hold, definition of term: Hold
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Button, definition of term: Button
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Hold Back, definition of term: Hold Back
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Get Hold, definition of term: Get Hold
get+hold_pag1.html Get Hold Of
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Get Hold Of, definition of term: Get Hold Of
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