Button

bufn, re. A small ball; knob; a catch, to fasten together parts of dre , or to hold a door closed; a bud; germ of a plant. (A aying.) A round ma of metal remaining in the cupel after fiiMon. r.- [buttoned (but'nd), -toning.] To fasten with, etc. — v. i. To be fastened by, etc. But'ton-hole, re. The hole in which a button is caught. — v. t. To hold by the button or buttonhole; to detain in conversation; to bore. mold, -mould, -mold, re. A disk of bone, wood, etc., which is made into a button by covering it with cloth. — -wood, re. The North American plane-tree, producing rough balls; the button-ball.