1000000029

B U T

1he proper

"re

of -the crOwn.

But ·

for many

yeOl.rs

p:\ft,

(here

luviug been grantcd

parliament fub{i·

J i••

,he kings of England, .nd ,he du'y of ilude–

r:lge not repcJ1cd. but confirmed, tlley have beco

pleafed

grant the

fame

away to fome nobleman,

who,

\'irtue of fuch grant, js to

enjay

the fuJl be–

nefit and adv<lntage thereof,

ano

may cauCe the fame

to be

collcd~d

in .he

f<tllle mill1ner

that lhe kings tbem–

Ce1\'es were formerly wont

do.

RUTMENTS, in arehiteaure, ,hoCe Cuppor,e" or

props

or againfl which {he

fcel

of arches

fen.

BUTM ENT

,,11'0

{he term given to Jiule place, talten

ou, of ,he )\lrd or grouod-plo' of a houCe, for a bu,–

tery, Ccullery,

&c.

BUTOMUS, in botany, a genu. of ,he enoeandria hex–

agyni. claCs.

has no ealix; the corolla confiO. of

lix petals ; and the caprules

are

»X,

containing many

feeQs. There is but one fpecies,

viz.

lhe

umbellatus,

flowering-ru(h, or

water.gJadiole,

native of Britain.

BUTRINTO, a port-lOwn of Epiru., or Canina. in

Turky in Europe, "m'led oppo",e

,he iiland of

Corfu, a' the entrance of ,he gulph of Veoice : E .

long.

20° 40"

N. lat.

39° 41'.

DUTT,

eommeree, a vetrel or meafure of wine, con·

..iniog

llVOhogille.ds,

126

gallons. See

PE .

BUTT, or BUTT-ENDS,

the {ea-Ianguage, are the

forc-enJ~

of all planks under water, as lhey

rife,

and

¡,:re joioeu one end tO aoother.

Run-eod. in great Chips are moO carefully bolted;

for if aoy one of them Chould fpring or give w' y, ,he

I<.k would be very dangerous and diJlicult ' o Oop.

BUTTER, a fa, unauo", fubO.nee, prepar<d f,om

. milk by hcating or

ehurni.ng

it.

wa. late ere the Greek. 'ppear to ha\'e h.d aDy

notion of buttu; their paets make no mention of it,

and yet are frequently fpe. king of milk . nd eheefe.

The

Rom.ns

ufed buner

o,herwife ,hao as a me–

dicine, never:lS

food.

T he ancien, ChriOi.n. of Egypt burn, buner iD

thcir Jamps

iofte.ad

oil ; and

the Roman churchcs,

it was aoeicntly alJowed, during Chriftmas time, to

buro butter iollead of oil,

aceaunt

lhe great

COD–

fumptioD af

atherways.

For tbe m;¡king of butter, wheo it has been ehuro–

ed, opeo ,he churn, and wi,h

bou,

hands g.ther

weU

together, take it out of the buuer-Dlilk, and lay it

in–

a vc:r}' cleao bowl, or eanhen pan; and if the but–

ter be dcfigned ' o be ufed C\Vtet, fill the pao with

clear

wat~r,

and work lhe buner

tO aod fro, till

it ¡s brought to

firm confi(lenee of ¡,reJf, without

any moiflure.

heo this has becn done, it mua be

feotched and fliced over with the poiot of

koife,

C\'ery way as thick as porTible, in urder to fetch

OUt

the fmallen hair, mote, bit of rag, flrainer, or any

,hing ,ha, rnay have happened to f.1I into

il.

T hen

fprC'3d it thin io a bowl, and work

we11 together.

wi,h f",:h qunoti,y of falt

you think fit, and m.k.

i,. up into diChcs, pound., half ptluods,

&c.

T he

newer the buuer is,

~he

more wholc{ome and pleafaot

it is; amJ

lhat

which is

made

May, is cflecDled

the bel!.

B U T

'I11ere are as many fans of bulter, as thert are

dif.

fercnt milks of animals whereof to

Ol3.ke

it : That of

the eow

moA: io ure. lt is ufed evcry wherc,

aod

there is hardly any {allce made without

it.

The

northcrn people, howevcr, make more ure of it than

othcrs.

Evcry barrel of

~lItter,

impon ed from abrgad,

pay'

a duty of

1 0~d

whereof

4{d. is drawn

back on e"porting it. I riCh bumr payo only .a duty

1 S.'

II nr%d. the hundred weight; whereof

11.

'¿ d.

is drawo baek on exportiog it._

B UTTIi ~

among chemiCls, a name given tO {everaJ pre–

parations, on aceount of their cOD{i(lence refembling

that of butter; as butter of antimony, of arfenic, of

wax, of Jcad, of tiD. Sce CHE to'lI STRY _

BUTTl::R -BUR,

bOlaDy. See PSTASIT ES.

BUTTER-FISH,.. See BLE NN IUS .

BUTTERFL

,he EngliCh name of

oumero". genu.

ofinfe(ts. See PAPILIO.

BUTTEI\FLY -FISH, a fpeeies of the bleDDius. See

E.NN

IV S.

BUTT ERFLY-SHELL, io natural hinory. See VOLUTA.

HUTTERIS, in tbe menage, an ioOrumen, of Oeel,

6ued to

wooeen handJe, wherewith they pare the

foot, or cut the hoof of a horre.

BUTTER-MILK, a kind of Cerum that remaiD' behiDd,

after lhe butter

made.

BUTTER-wo R'r, in botany. See P1NCU1 CU LA .

BUTTER

a room in ,he houCe. of ooblerneo and

gendemen, belonging 'o the buder, where he depo–

fites che utenfils belonging to bis oflice,

table-lioen,

napkins, pots, laokards, glafi'es, cruets, falvers, fpooos,

knive. , forks, pepper, rnuOard,

&c.

BUTTOCK

jhip,

is that pan of her which is her

breadth right afiero, from the tack upwn.rds ; 'aod

nu,p

raid tOhave a broad or

narrow buttock, ae–

cording as fue

built

bro~d

oarrow at the tranrum.

BUTTON, an anicle of dreC., ferving to fallen cloa,hs

tí~t

about rbe body, made of metal, filk. moh...ir.

6c.

in various forms. ?vletal-buttons are either can

moulds, iDthe manner of other {mall works, (fee

E• Y),

or made of thin piate, of gold, filver,

or brafs, whofe firué'ture is very iogenious, though but

of li,ue

"Ce.

Bultoos of

.11

fom are prohibited to be imponed.

B.UTTON , among gardeners, denotes mucb the fame

wilh

bud. See B uo.

BUTTON. io the meDage_ Buuon of

the

reigns of

bridlc, is a ring of leather, with the reios paffed thro'

it, which runs all along the length of the reins. TD

put

horre under the button, is when

horre

flop–

ped withom

rider upon his

back,

the reins being lólid

on his neck, and the bulton lowered fo far down that

tbe reios bring in tbe horfe·'-s head, and fiK it to lhe

true pollure or carriage.

is not ooly the horfes

which are managed in the balld that

murt

be put un–

der the button; for tite fame method muO be takcn

:with

{ueh

horres as are bred belween two pillars, be..

fore

they

:\re backcd.

BUTT ON', ·hal. ,be name of ,he north pa" of Hud–

fOD" bay, in

Nonh

AOlerica, \Vhereby Sir ThoDlas

BUHon