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<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The nut of the <spn>Caryocar butyrosum</spn> and <spn>C. nuciferum</spn>, of S. America; -- called also <altname>Souari nut</altname>.</def>

<h1>Butter-scotch</h1> <Xpage=197>

<hw>But"ter-scotch`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A kind of candy, mainly composed of sugar and butter.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i>Dickens.</i>

<h1>Butterweed</h1> <Xpage=197>

<hw>But"ter*weed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An annual composite plant of the Mississippi valley (<spn>Senecio lobatus</spn>).</def>

<h1>Butterweight</h1> <Xpage=197>

<hw>But"ter*weight`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Over weight.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<note>&hand; Formerly it was a custom to give 18 ounces of butter for a pound.</note>

<h1>Butterwort</h1> <Xpage=197>

<hw>But"ter*wort`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of low herbs (<spn>Pinguicula</spn>) having simple leaves which secrete from their glandular upper surface a viscid fluid, to which insects adhere, after which the margin infolds and the insects are digested by the plant. The species are found mostly in the North Temperate zone.</def>

<h1>Buttery</h1> <Xpage=197>

<hw>But"ter*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the qualities, consistence, or appearance, of butter.</def>

<h1>Buttery</h1> <Xpage=197>

<hw>But"ter*y</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Buttplwies</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>botery</ets>, <ets>botry</ets>; cf. LL. <ets>botaria</ets> wine vessel; also OE. <ets>botelerie</ets>, fr. F. <ets>bouteillerie</ets>, fr. <ets>boutellie</ets> bottle. Not derived from <ets>butter</ets>. See <er>Bottle</er> a hollow vessel, <er>Butt</er> a cask.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An apartment in a house where butter, milk and other provisions are kept.</def>

<blockquote>All that need a cool and fresh temper, as cellars, pantries, and <b>butteries</b>, to the north. <i>Sir H. Wotton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A room in some English colleges where liquors, fruit, and refreshments are kept for sale to the students.</def>

<blockquote>And the major Oxford kept the <b>buttery</b> bar. <i>E. Hall.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A cellar in which butts of wine are kept.</def>

<i>Weale.</i>

<cs><col>Buttery hatch</col>, <cd>a half door between the buttery or kitchen and the hall, in old mansions, over which provisions were passed.</cd></cs>

<i>Wright.</i>

<h1>Butt hinge</h1> <Xpage=197>

<hw>Butt" hinge`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>See 1st <er>Butt</er>, 10.</def>

<h1>But-thorn</h1> <Xpage=197>

<hw>But"-thorn`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The common European starfish (<spn>Asterias rubens</spn>).</def>

<h1>Butting</h1> <Xpage=197>