Definition of button

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Button (v. i.) To be fastened by a button or buttons; as, the coat will not button..

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Gauge :: Gauge (n.) Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker's gauge..
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers, overcoats, etc., to conceal a row of buttons..
Button :: Button (v. i.) To be fastened by a button or buttons; as, the coat will not button..
Button :: Button (n.) A bud; a germ of a plant.
Button :: Button (n.) A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass..
Joseph :: "Joseph (n.) An outer garment worn in the 18th century; esp., a woman's riding habit, buttoned down the front..
Shank :: Shank (v.) A loop forming an eye to a button.
Frog :: Frog (n.) An oblong cloak button, covered with netted thread, and fastening into a loop instead of a button hole..
Reenforce :: Reenforce (v.) An additional thickness of canvas, cloth, or the like, around an eyelet, buttonhole, etc..
Single-breasted :: Single-breasted (a.) Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only; as, a single-breasted coast..
Nux Vomica :: Nux vomica () The seed of Strychnos Nuxvomica, a tree which abounds on the Malabar and Coromandel coasts of the East Indies. From this seed the deadly poisons known as strychnine and brucine are obtained. The seeds are sometimes called Quaker buttons..
Knopped :: Knopped (a.) Having knops or knobs; fastened as with buttons.
Bachelor''s Button :: Bachelor's button () A plant with flowers shaped like buttons; especially, several species of Ranunculus, and the cornflower (Centaures cyanus) and globe amaranth (Gomphrena)..
Knop :: Knop (n.) A knob; a bud; a bunch; a button.
Tache :: Tache (n.) Something used for taking hold or holding; a catch; a loop; a button.
Toggle :: Toggle (n.) A wooden pin tapering toward both ends with a groove around its middle, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope to be secured to any other loop or bight or ring; a kind of button or frog capable of being readily engaged and disengaged for temporary purposes..
Foil :: Foil (n.) A blunt weapon used in fencing, resembling a smallsword in the main, but usually lighter and having a button at the point..
Boutonniere :: Boutonniere (n.) A bouquet worn in a buttonhole.
Button :: Button (n.) To dress or clothe.
Knap :: Knap (n.) A protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a button; hence, rising ground; a summit. See Knob, and Knop..
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