Defn: A boy servant, or page, — in allusion to the buttons on his livry. [Colloq.] Dickens.
BUTTONWEED
But"ton*weed`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: The name of several plants of the genera Spermacoce and Diodia, of the Madder family.
BUTTONWOOD
But"ton*wood`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: The Platanus occidentalis, or American plane tree, a large tree, producing rough balls, from which it is named; — called also buttonball tree, and, in some parts of the United States, sycamore. The California buttonwood is P. racemosa.
BUTTONY
But"ton*y, a.
Defn: Ornamented with a large number of buttons. "The buttony boy."
Thackeray. "My coat so blue and buttony." W. S. Gilbert.
BUTTRESS
But"tress, n. Etym: [OE. butrasse, boterace, fr. F. bouter to push;
cf. OF. bouteret (nom. sing. and acc. pl. bouterez) buttress. See
Butt an end, and cf. Butteris.]
1. (Arch.)
Defn: A projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry.