drawn butter

2 definitions found

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

  Drawn \Drawn\, p. p. & a.
     See Draw, v. t. & i.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Drawn butter, butter melter and prepared to be used as a
        sort of gravy.
  
     Drawn fowl, an eviscerated fowl.
  
     Drawn game or Drawn battle, one in which neither party
        wins; one equally contested.
  
     Drawn fox, one driven from cover. --Shak.
  
     Drawn work, ornamental work made by drawing out threads
        from fine cloth, and uniting the cross threads, to form a
        pattern.
        [1913 Webster]

drawn butter - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  drawn butter
      n 1: butter made clear by heating and removing the sediment of
           milk solids [syn: clarified butter, drawn butter]