Hypertext Webster Gateway: "button"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aleppo boil \A*lep"po boil\, button \button\, or evil \evil\ .
(Med.)
A chronic skin affection terminating in an ulcer, most
commonly of the face. It is endemic along the Mediterranean,
and is probably due to a specific bacillus. Called also
{Aleppo ulcer}, {Biskara boil}, {Delhi boil}, {Oriental
sore}, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Button \But"ton\, n. [OE. boton, botoun, F. bouton button, bud,
prop. something pushing out, fr. bouter to push. See {Butt}
an end.]
1. A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.
2. A catch, of various forms and materials, used to fasten
together the different parts of dress, by being attached
to one part, and passing through a slit, called a
buttonhole, in the other; -- used also for ornament.
3. A bud; a germ of a plant. --Shak.
4. A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated,
turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, as a
door.
5. A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a
crucible, after fusion.
{Button hook}, a hook for catching a button and drawing it
through a buttonhole, as in buttoning boots and gloves.
{Button shell} (Zo["o]l.), a small, univalve marine shell of
the genus {Rotella}.
{Button snakeroot}. (Bot.)
(a) The American composite genus {Liatris}, having rounded
buttonlike heads of flowers.
(b) An American umbelliferous plant with rigid, narrow
leaves, and flowers in dense heads.
{Button tree} (Bot.), a genus of trees ({Conocarpus}),
furnishing durable timber, mostly natives of the West
Indies.
{To hold by the button}, to detain in conversation to
weariness; to bore; to buttonhole.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Button \But"ton\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Buttoned}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Buttoning}.] [OE. botonen, OF. botoner, F. boutonner. See
{Button}, n.]
1. To fasten with a button or buttons; to inclose or make
secure with buttons; -- often followed by up.
He was a tall, fat, long-bodied man, buttoned up to
the throat in a tight green coat. --Dickens.
2. To dress or clothe. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Button \But"ton\, v. i.
To be fastened by a button or buttons; as, the coat will not
button.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
button
n 1: a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through
buttonholes
2: an electrical switch operated by pressing a button; "the
elevator was operated by push buttons"; "the push beside
the bed operated a buzzer at the desk" [syn: {push button},
{push}]
3: any of various plant parts that resemble buttons
4: a female sexual organ homologous to the penis [syn: {clitoris},
{clit}]
v 1: provide with buttons; "button a shirt"
2: fasten with buttons; "button the dress" [ant: {unbutton}]
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