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for buttoned
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
buttoned \buttoned\ adj.
furnished with buttons or something buttonlike. Opposite of
unbuttoned. [Narrower terms: botonee, botonnee;
button-down; closed]
[WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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 WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
buttoned
adj 1: furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike
[syn: buttoned, fastened] [ant: unbuttoned,
unfastened]
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