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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Butter \But"ter\, verb (used with an object) [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.
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