buttering

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buttering - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Butter \But"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buttered (?); p. pr. &
     vb. n. Buttering.]
     1. To cover or spread with butter.
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              I know what's what. I know on which side
              My bread is buttered.                 --Ford.
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     2. To increase, as stakes, at every throw or every game.
        [Cant] --Johnson.
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