Butter \But"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Buttered} (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Buttering}.]
1. To cover or spread with butter.
I know what's what. I know on which side My bread is
buttered. --Ford.
2. To increase, as stakes, at every throw or every game.
[Cant] --Johnson.