Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Butteris"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Butteris \But"ter*is\, n. [The same word as buttress, noun, in a
different application, F. bouter to push.] (Far.)
A steel cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in a
handle which rests against the shoulder of the operator. It
is operated by a thrust movement, and used in paring the
hoofs of horses.
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