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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Push button \Push button\ (Elec.) A simple device, resembling a button in form, so arranged that pushing it closes an electric circuit, as of an electric bell; -- called also {button}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. A bud; a germ of a plant. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, as a door. [1913 Webster] 5. A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion. [1913 Webster] {Button hook}, a hook for catching a button and drawing it through a buttonhole, as in buttoning boots and gloves. {Button shell} (Zool.), 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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] He was a tall, fat, long-bodied man, buttoned up to the throat in a tight green coat. --Dickens. [1913 Webster] 2. To dress or clothe. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Button \But"ton\, v. i. To be fastened by a button or buttons; as, the coat will not button. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: button n 1: a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes 2: an electrical switch operated by pressing; "the elevator was operated by push buttons"; "the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk" [syn: {push button}, {push}, {button}] 3: any of various plant parts that resemble buttons 4: a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment; "they passed out campaign buttons for their candidate" 5: a female sexual organ homologous to the penis [syn: {clitoris}, {clit}, {button}] 6: a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism [syn: {release}, {button}] 7: any artifact that resembles a button v 1: provide with buttons; "button a shirt" 2: fasten with buttons; "button the dress" [ant: {unbutton}]