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An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning.

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  1. n. An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning.
  2. n. Any substance resembling butter in degree of consistence, or other qualities, especially, in old chemistry, the chlorides, as butter of antimony, sesquichloride of antimony; also, certain concrete fat oils remaining nearly solid at ordinary temperatures, as butter of cacao, vegetable butter, shea butter.
  3. v. t. To cover or spread with butter.
  4. v. t. To increase, as stakes, at every throw or every game.
  5. n. One who, or that which, butts.
  6. n. an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use
  7. n. a fighter who strikes the opponent with their head
  8. v. spread butter on
  9. v:3/n:97 n. an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use n. a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head v. spread butter on