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botoner4 (s.xiii)
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botoner4 (s.xiii)

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boutonner, 
(p.p. botoné,  betonné)  
  FEW:  *botan 15/i,224b Gdf:  boutoner 1,713b GdfC:  botoner 8,346a TL: botoner 1,1096 DEAF:  boter (botoner)  DMF:  boutonner  TLF:  boutonner  OED:  button v.  MED:  botonen v.  DMLBS:  botonare 210b

v.intrans.

bot.to be in, break into bud: 
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  Vermail com rose quant botone  1775
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  les arbres soi vestent de fuilhes, boutonnent et germent  243.S39.13

v.refl.

fig.to break out in buds: 
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  Quant seint E. se botone En roser de soeffrance bone  1345

p.p.

bot.covered with buds: 
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  Sa char tot ausi botonee Com rosiers  4123
♦herald.botonny (referring to the three rounded knobs on each limb of a cross): 
( s.xiii; MS: 1606 )  Sir G. de B. port la croys peré et patee et botonee d’argent  89.87
( MS: c.1334 )  Monsire de M., d’argent a un scheveron de goules croiselé de sable botoné  m 3
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