butter stamp

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butter stamp - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Butter \But"ter\ (b[u^]t"t[~e]r), n. [OE. botere, butter, AS.
     butere, fr. L. butyrum, Gr. boy`turon; either fr. boy`s ox,
     cow + turo`s cheese; or, perhaps, of Scythian origin. Cf.
     Cow.]
     1. An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by
        churning.
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     2. 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.
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     Butter boat, a small vessel for holding melted butter at
        table.
  
     Butter flower, the buttercup, a yellow flower.
  
     Butter print, a piece of carved wood used to mark pats of
        butter; -- called also butter stamp. --Locke.
  
     Butter tooth, either of the two middle incisors of the
        upper jaw.
  
     Butter tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Bassia, the seeds
        of which yield a substance closely resembling butter. The
        butter tree of India is the Bassia butyracea; that of
        Africa is the Shea tree (Bassia Parkii). See Shea  tree
        .
  
     Butter trier, a tool used in sampling butter.
  
     Butter wife, a woman who makes or sells butter; -- called
        also butter woman. [Obs. or Archaic]
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