Buttonhole: alternatives and connections

a morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place)

A small fish, about three inches in length, of the Herring family (Engraulis encrasicholus), caught in vast numbers in the Mediterrane…

A mode of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost. The birds, flyin…

To make a hole or perforation with, or as with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool; as, to bor…

Having a bud or button, or a kind of trefoil, at the end; furnished with knobs or buttons.

To excavate a hole to lodge in, as in the earth; to lodge in a hole excavated in the earth, as conies or rabbits.

To be fastened by a button or buttons; as, the coat will not button.

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A disk of bone, wood, or other material, which is made into a button by covering it with cloth.

That which is caught or taken; profit; gain; especially, the whole quantity caught or taken at one time; as, a good catch of fish.

To chamfer or form a depression around the top of (a hole in wood, metal, etc.) for the reception of the head of a screw or bolt below…

A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc.; as an eye at the end of a tie…

The piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.

A blunt weapon used in fencing, resembling a smallsword in the main, but usually lighter and having a button at the point.

An oblong cloak button, covered with netted thread, and fastening into a loop instead of a button hole.

Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker's gauge.

A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole.