buttered, ppl. a.
(ˈbʌtəd)
[f. butter v.1]
1. Smeared or spread with butter.
| 1496 Bk. St. Albans, Fysshynge 30 Browne breede tostyd wyth hony in lyknesse of a butteryd loof. a 1680 Rochester in D'Urfey Pills (1719) 343 With greasy painted Faces drest, With butter'd Hair. 1769 Mrs. Raffald Eng. Housekpr. (1778) 181 Tie it close up in a cloth well buttered. 1812 L. Hunt in Examiner 7 Dec. 796/1 The urn and the buttered toast. 1847 Barham Ingol. Leg. Ser. iii. (1858) 474 A round and a half of some hot butter'd toast. |
† 2. a. Cooked with butter; served up with melted butter. Obs.
| 1567 Triall Treas. (1850) 6, I would you had a dishe of buttered peason. 1596 Nashe Saffron Walden O iv, Trotters, sheepes porknells, and buttered rootes. 1627 Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. xv. 75 A dish of buttered Rice with a little Cynamon. 1678 B. R. Let. Pop. Friends 4 Butter'd Codfish. 1785 Burns Halloween xxviii, Butter'd sow'ns. |
† b. buttered ale (buttered beer): see ale 4.
| 1547 Boorde Breu. Health (1552) 120, A remedy [for hoarseness]..drynke buttered Ale or buttered beere. 1764 T. Bridges Homer Travest. II. 213 Good old wives shall tell the tale O'er roasted eggs and butter'd ale. 1789 J. O'Donnel in Med. Commun. II. 292 He desired to have some buttered ale for his supper. |
c. buttered eggs: eggs beaten up and cooked with butter; now applied to the dish otherwise called scrambled eggs.
| c 1410 Master of Game (MS. Digby 182) xii, Buttured egges doth hem moche goode. 1865 Mrs. Beeton Dict. Everyday Cookery 113/1 Buttered Eggs. Ingredients.—4 new-laid eggs, 2 oz. of butter. |
3. a. fig.
| 1625 Hart Anat. Ur. ii. i. 56 If faire buttered speeches..could cure diseases. 1793 J. Beresford in Looker-on No. 80 (1794) III. 275 Well-buttered blasphemies, stolen, through the medium of the foot-boy, from his master's table. 1822 C. Swan Heir of Foiz 246 At this poetic shop they sell..Best buttered sentiments in rhyme. |
† b. buttered bun(s (slang). A harlot, a mistress. (Cf. B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew 1690).
| 1679 Cullen w. Flock of Court Misses in Roxb. Ballads (1884) V. 126 This is the day..that sets our Monarch free From butter'd Buns [i.e. Louise de Quérouaille] and Slavery. |