Button

but′n, n. a knob of metal, bone, ., used to fasten the dre : the knob at the end of a foil: the head of an unexpanded mushroom: the knob of an electric bell, .: anything of small value, as in the phrase, 'I don't care a button:' a person who acts as a decoy: ( pl. ) young mushrooms, sheep's dung.— v.t. to fasten by means of buttons: to close up tightly.— v.i. to be fastened with buttons.— ns. Butt′on-bush , a North American shrub of the madder family, having globular flower-heads; Butt′on-hole , the hole or slit in the dre by which the button is held.— v.t. to detain in talk, as if by taking hold of a man by the button.— ns. Butt′on-hook , a hook for pulling the buttons of gloves and shoes through the button-holes; Butt′on-wood , a small West Indian evergreen tree of the myrobalan family: the plane-tree of the United States—also Butt′on-ball and incorrectly Sycamore .— adj. Butt′ony , decorated with buttons.— Boy in buttons , a boy servant in livery, a page. [Fr. bouton , any small projection, from bouter , to push.]