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BUYING, ppr. Purchasing.
BUYER, n. One who buys; a purchaser.
BUY, v.t. pret. and pp. bought. pron. bawt.] 1. To acquire the property, right o...
BUX'OMNESS, n. Meekness; obedience. 1. Briskness; amorousness.
BUX'OMLY, adv. Obediently. 1. Wantonly; amorously.
BUX'OM, a. 1. Obedient; obsequious; ready to obey. 2. Gay; lively; brisk. 3. Wan...
BUTYRA'CEOUS, BUT'YROUS, a. [from butyrum, butter.] Having the qualities of butt...
BUTTS, n. plu. [from butt.] A place where archers meet to shoot at mark. Also, s...
BUT'TRESSED, a. Supported with a buttress.
BUT'TRESS, n. [This word appears to be composed of but,end, and truss, or some w...
BUT'TON-WOOD, n. The Cephalanthus, a shrub of N. America, growing five or six fe...
BUT'TON-WEED, n. A genus of plants, the Spermacoce.
BUT'TON-TREE, n. The Conocarpus, called also button-wood, a genus of plants, nat...
BUT'TON-STONE, n. A species of figured stone, or hard flint, resembling a button...
BUT'TON-MAKER, n. One whose occupation is to make buttons.
BUT'TON-HOLE, n. The hole or loop in which a button is caught.