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as in battle. "Butcher of an innocent child." Shak. Butcher bird (Zoöl.), a species of shrike of the genus Lanius.

A genus of plants (Ruscus); esp. R. aculeatus, which has large red berries and leaflike branches. See Cladophyll.

Like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman; fell. "The victim of a butcherly murder." D. Webster. What stratagems, how fell, how butcherly, This deadly quarrel daily doth beget! Shak.

A slaughterhouse; the shambles; a place where blood is shed. [Obs.] Like as an ox is hanged in the butchery. Fabyan.

To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See Butt, n.] A snow-white steer before thine altar led, Butts with his threatening brows. Dryden.

The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.

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 (Conocarpus), furnishing durable timber, mostly natives of the West Indies.…

luid, having the smell of rancid butter, and an acrid taste, with a sweetish aftertaste, like that of ether. There are two metameric butyric acids, called in distinction the normal- and iso-butyric acid. The normal butyric acid is the one common in rancid butter.

To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings. Hence: To utter a murmuring sound; to speak with a low, humming voice. Like a wasp is buzzed, and stung him. Longfellow. However these disturbers of our peace Buzz in the people's ears. Shak.

law; a private law or regulation made by a corporation for its own government. There was likewise a law to restrain the by-laws, or ordinances of corporations. Bacon. The law or institution; to which are added two by-laws, as a comment upon the general law. Addison.

Byssuslike; consisting of fine fibers or threads, as some very delicate filamentous algæ.

Made of silk; having a silky or flaxlike appearance. Coles.

The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like, cabbage, for food. See Cabbage tree, below.

A decorative piece of furniture, whether open like an étagère or closed with doors. See Etagere.

To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle. Arbuthnot.

Belonging to, or like, the family of plants of which the prickly pear is a common example.

Like a cad; lowbred and presuming.

A large pear, shaped like a flattened top, used chiefly for cooking. Johnson.

Having the form of a cæcum, or bag with one opening; baglike; as, the cæcal extremity of a duct.

y of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals. In his cage, like parrot fine and gay. Cowper.