butter platen.

Brit.

/ˈbʌtə pleɪt/, U.S.

/ˈbədər ˌpleɪt/

Forms: see butter n.¹ and plate n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: butter n.¹, plate n.

Etymology: < butter n.¹ + plate n. In sense 2 so called on account of the appearance of its flat yellow flowers; compare buttercup n. 2a and butterflower n.

1. A plate for butter, spec. a small side plate used for serving bread and butter as an accompaniment to a meal.

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the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > dish or plate > butter dish

butter plate1490

buttercup1497

butter dish1559

butter boat1747

1490 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 131/1 A hingand laware a butter plait.

c1600 in Balfour's Practicks (1754) 235 The air sall have..ane butter plait, ane skink-plait, ane beif plait, ane luggit disch.

1753 H. Walpole Let. 16 Aug. in Corr. (1837) I. 203 The butter-plate is not exactly what you ordered, but I flatter myself you will like it as well.

1852 N. Hawthorne Blithedale Romance iv. 39 Grim Silas Foster, all this while, had been busy at the supper-table,..perpetrating terrible enormities with the butter-plate.

1887 Kitchen Garden Nov. 2/2 It saves time in waiting to put butter upon the butter plates before announcing breakfast, but this must not be done in warm weather.

1935 Motor Boating Jan. 51 He dropped a roll from his butter plate to the floor.

1963 M. Vasiliu Which Way to Melting Pot? xxi. 293 Oh, Mother. Of course I won't have paper napkins... No, I won't forget the water goblets... Butter plates too... Everything will be ready ahead of time.

2014 Washington Post (Nexis) 12 Feb. e4 If I could tell margarine from butter, I would be allowed to eat from the butter plate.

2. English regional. Lesser spearwort, Ranunculus flammula, which has solitary yellow flowers with horizontal petals. Now historical and rare.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Ranunculaceae (crowfoot and allies) > [noun] > spearwort

spearworta1400

spear-grass1548

spickwort1575

banewort1578

spire-grass1626

butter plate1853

steep1894

1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 26 Ranunculus Flammula, the Butter-Plate, a name expressive of the comparative flatness of the corolla.

1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Butter-plate, the spearwort, Ranunculus flammula.

1984 C. M. Fraser in R. Miket & C. Burgess Between & Beyond Walls xxi. 362 Butterplate or spearwort (Ranunculus flammula) was suspected of causing liver-rot in sheep and was best avoided.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	butter plate
释义	butter platen. Brit. /ˈbʌtə pleɪt/, U.S. /ˈbədər ˌpleɪt/ Forms: see butter n.¹ and plate n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: butter n.¹, plate n. Etymology: < butter n.¹ + plate n. In sense 2 so called on account of the appearance of its flat yellow flowers; compare buttercup n. 2a and butterflower n. 1. A plate for butter, spec. a small side plate used for serving bread and butter as an accompaniment to a meal. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > dish or plate > butter dish butter plate1490 buttercup1497 butter dish1559 butter boat1747 1490 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 131/1 A hingand laware a butter plait. c1600 in Balfour's Practicks (1754) 235 The air sall have..ane butter plait, ane skink-plait, ane beif plait, ane luggit disch. 1753 H. Walpole Let. 16 Aug. in Corr. (1837) I. 203 The butter-plate is not exactly what you ordered, but I flatter myself you will like it as well. 1852 N. Hawthorne Blithedale Romance iv. 39 Grim Silas Foster, all this while, had been busy at the supper-table,..perpetrating terrible enormities with the butter-plate. 1887 Kitchen Garden Nov. 2/2 It saves time in waiting to put butter upon the butter plates before announcing breakfast, but this must not be done in warm weather. 1935 Motor Boating Jan. 51 He dropped a roll from his butter plate to the floor. 1963 M. Vasiliu Which Way to Melting Pot? xxi. 293 Oh, Mother. Of course I won't have paper napkins... No, I won't forget the water goblets... Butter plates too... Everything will be ready ahead of time. 2014 Washington Post (Nexis) 12 Feb. e4 If I could tell margarine from butter, I would be allowed to eat from the butter plate. 2. English regional. Lesser spearwort, Ranunculus flammula, which has solitary yellow flowers with horizontal petals. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Ranunculaceae (crowfoot and allies) > [noun] > spearwort spearworta1400 spear-grass1548 spickwort1575 banewort1578 spire-grass1626 butter plate1853 steep1894 1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 26 Ranunculus Flammula, the Butter-Plate, a name expressive of the comparative flatness of the corolla. 1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Butter-plate, the spearwort, Ranunculus flammula. 1984 C. M. Fraser in R. Miket & C. Burgess Between & Beyond Walls xxi. 362 Butterplate or spearwort (Ranunculus flammula) was suspected of causing liver-rot in sheep and was best avoided. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1490
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