5. A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.
Button hook,
a hook for catching a button and drawing it through a buttonhole, as in buttoning boots
and gloves. — Button shell (Zoöl.), a small, univalve marine shell of the genus Rotella. — Button
snakeroot. (Bot.) (a) The American composite genus Liatris, having rounded buttonlike heads of
flowers. (b) An American umbelliferous plant with rigid, narrow leaves, and flowers in dense heads. —
Button tree (Bot.), a genus of trees furnishing durable timber, mostly natives of the West Indies. —
To hold by the button, to detain in conversation to weariness; to bore; to buttonhole.
Button
(But"ton), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buttoned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Buttoning ] [OE. botonen, OF. botoner,
F. boutonner. See Button, n.]
1. To fasten with a button or buttons; to inclose or make secure with buttons; — often followed by up.
He was a tall, fat, long-bodied man, buttoned up to the throat in a tight green coat.
Dickens.
2. To dress or clothe. [Obs.] Shak.
Button
(But"ton), v. i. To be fastened by a button or buttons; as, the coat will not button.
Buttonball
(But"ton*ball`) n. (Bot.) See Buttonwood.
Buttonbush
(But"ton*bush`) n. (Bot.) A shrub (Cephalanthus occidentalis) growing by the waterside; —
so called from its globular head of flowers. See Capitulum.
Buttonhole
(But"ton*hole`) n. The hole or loop in which a button is caught.
Buttonhole
(But"ton*hole`), v. t. To hold at the button or buttonhole; to detain in conversation to weariness; to
bore; as, he buttonholed me a quarter of an hour.
Buttonmold
(But"ton*mold`) n. A disk of bone, wood, or other material, which is made into a button by
covering it with cloth. [Written also buttonmould.]
Fossil buttonmolds,
joints of encrinites. See Encrinite.