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Bottony

BOT'TONY

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Noun.
[from the same root as bud, button.]
In heraldry, a cross bottony terminates at each end in three buds, knots or buttons, resembling in some measure the three-leaved grass.

Definition 2024

bottony

bottony

English

Adjective

bottony ‎(not comparable)

  1. (heraldry) Having a bud-like projection or a kind of trefoil at the end.

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References

  • "bottony" in Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Etymology

From French boutonné; from boutonner ‎(“to bud, button”)

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