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111butter bean — noun 1. bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds • Syn: ↑sieva bean, ↑butter bean plant, ↑lima bean, ↑Phaseolus lunatus • Hypernyms: ↑shell bean, ↑shell bean plant …
112BUTTER — v. a. (Quelques uns écrivent, Buter. ) T. de Jardinage. Butter un arbre, Le garnir tout autour du pied avec des mottes de terre, après l avoir planté. Butter des cardons, des artichauts, butter du céleri, Les entourer de terre, pour les faire… …
113Butter in a Lordly Dish — In the Bible, Jael kills Sisera by hammering a nail through his head. The same fate awaits Sir Luke Enderby in Christie s play at the hands of Julia Keene. to raise funds for the organisation. The other five plays and their first broadcasts (all… …
114butter — (bu té) v. a. 1° Terme de jardinage. Ameublir la terre en pyramide autour du pied d une plante. Butter des artichauts. • [Après avoir planté les grands arbres] il est bon de les trépigner et même de les butter, pour les assurer contre l… …
115butter-biscuit — buttˈer bake (Scot) or buttˈer biscuit noun A cake like a biscuit but softer • • • Main Entry: ↑butter butter biscuit see ↑butter bake above. • • • Main Entry: ↑butter …
116Butter — This interesting and unusual name has two quite separate origins, which can be shown by the recordings of the surname and its subsequent development. The first of these is an English nickname for someone with some vocal characteristic similar to… …
117butter up — v. (colloq.) (d; intr.) to butter up to (he keeps buttering up to the boss) * * * (colloq.) (d; intr.) to butter up to (he keeps butter uping up to the boss) …
118butter — [OE] The ultimate source of butter is Greek boútūron. This is usually said to be a compound noun, formed from boús ‘cow’ and tūros ‘cheese’, but not all etymologists accept the admittedly attractive hypothesis that butter was once ‘cow cheese’,… …
119Butter\ Eater — An unwanted houseguest, especially one who eats your food. Sopecifically, my friend s roommate s boyfriend. He s over at their house ALL the time and since my friend s roommate doesn t eat butter, he eats all of my friend s butter. He also doesn… …
120Butter\ Eater — An unwanted houseguest, especially one who eats your food. Sopecifically, my friend s roommate s boyfriend. He s over at their house ALL the time and since my friend s roommate doesn t eat butter, he eats all of my friend s butter. He also doesn… …
