Butter

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1. Noun

An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning.

2. Noun

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.

3. Verb

To cover or spread with butter.

4. Verb

To increase, as stakes, at every throw or every game.

5. Noun

One who, or that which, butts.

6. Noun

an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use
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