(n.) An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by
churning.
(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.
(v. t.) To cover or spread with butter.
(v. t.) To increase, as stakes, at every throw or every game.
(n.) One who, or that which, butts.
