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A large, open-headed cask, set up on end, to contain water. Dickens.

State of abutting.

A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; -- called a naked seed by the earlier botanists. [Written also akene and achænium.]

A handsome butterfly (Pyrameis Atalanta) of Europe and America. The larva feeds on nettles. Admiral shell (Zoöl.), the popular name of an ornamental cone shell (Conus admiralis). Lord High Admiral, a great officer of state, who (when this rare dignity is conferred) is at the head of the naval administration of Great Br…

A species of inflorescence; a catkin. The globular ament of a buttonwood. Coues.

rs of Jacob Amman, a strict Mennonite of the 17th century, who even proscribed the use of buttons and shaving as "worldly conformity". There are several branches of Amish Mennonites in the United States.

a orellana) belonging to the tropical regions of America. It is used for coloring cheese, butter, etc. [Written also Anatto, Anatta, Annatto, Annotta, etc.]

A beautiful butterfly (Argunnis Aphrodite) of the United States.

A flying buttress. Gwilt.

To butt, as a ram. [Obs.]

The act of butting like a ram; act of using a battering-ram. [Obs.] Bacon.

The buttocks, or hind part of an animal; the posteriors; the fundament; the bottom.

the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties. Asclepias butterfly (Zoöl.), a large, handsome, red and black butterfly (Danais Archippus), found in both hemispheres. It feeds on plants of the genus Asclepias.

er the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit.

pupa of an insect, esp. when reflecting a brilliant golden color, as that of some of the butterflies.

An amateur collector and breeder of insects, esp. of butterflies and moths; a lepidopterist.

size and shape of a large pear; -- called also avocado pear, alligator pear, midshipman's butter.

weight, a system of weights by which coarser commodities are weighed, such as hay, grain, butter, sugar, tea.

muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. They are mostly African. See Mandrill, and Chacma, and Drill an ape.

To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.