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Butch Thompson Butch Thompson (born 1943) is an American jazz pianist and clarinetist best known for his ragtime and stride performances. He has created musical groups including the Butch Thompson Trio and New Orleans Jazz Originals.
Butch van Breda Kolff Willem Hendrik "Butch" van Breda Kolff (born October 28, 1922 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey) is an American former New York University and professional basketball player and coach. He spent four seasons playing with the New York Knicks of the NBA (1946-50).
Butch Van Artsdalen Butch Van Artsdalen (January 31, 1941– July 18, 1979) was a surfer from La Jolla, California best known as a pioneer of tube riding in the early 1960s and as a member of the Duke Kahanamoku Surf Team. He was born in Norfolk, Virginia, and remained a fixture of the international surfing community until his death from alcohol-relate illness in 1979.
Butch Woolfolk Butch Woolfolk (born March 1, 1960 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a National Football League running back for the New York Giants (1982-1984), Houston Oilers (1985-1986) and Detroit Lions (1987-1988). Woolfolk played college football at the University of Michigan (1978-1981) and finished his career as the school's all-time leading rusher with 3,861 yards; he now ranks fourth in school annals.
Butchart Gardens The Butchart Gardens are a botanical tourist attraction located in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, a small village on the Saanich Peninsula that is part of Greater Victoria on Vancouver Island. They were originally created under the supervision of Jennie Butchart.
Butcher A butcher is someone who prepares various meats and other related goods for sale. Many butchers sell their goods through private stores, but nowadays, in the Western world most meat is sold through supermarkets.
Butcher (band) Butcher is a band that was formed in North Hollywood in 2001 by Camella Grace and Sasha Popovic. Combining Camella's powerful yet ethereal vocals with their shared love of heavy music and monster riffs, they created the unique sound that is Butcher.
Butcher block Butcher block is a style of assembled wood (often sugar maple) used as heavy duty chopping blocks, table tops, and cutting boards. It was commonly used in butcher shops and meat processing plants but has now become popular in home use.
Butcher boy The butcher boy is a baseball play in which a hitter squares up to bunt as the pitcher winds up, but then quickly pulls the bat back and takes a quick swing. The goal of the play is generally to draw one of the corner infielders in close to home plate as if to field a bunt and then pull the ball past the fielder.
Butcher paper Butcher paper is cheap but sturdy paper that is sold in large rolls. Originally sold to butchers for the purpose of wrapping meat and fish, butcher paper is now used for a wide variety of purposes, notably in grade schools where it is used for arts and crafts.
Butchered From Inside [From Inside (BFI) is an electronic magazine] edited by the [[Italy|Italian hacker community (most notably, the S0ftpj group). The editing criteria of originality and the peer review process are very similar to the ones adopted by Phrack magazine.
Butchertown Butchertown is a neighborhood just east of downtown Louisville, Kentucky, USA. The first homes in the area were laid out in the 1820s along the newly completed Louisville to Lexington turnpike, referred to in that stretch as Story Avenue.
Butjadingen Butjadingen is both a peninsula and a Gemeinde (municipality), situated in Lower Saxony on the German North Sea coast. It is delimited on the west and southwest by the Jade River and on the east by the Weser River.
Butkara Stupa The Butkara Stupa is an important Buddhist shrine in the area of Swat, Pakistan. It may have been originally built by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka, but it is generally dated slightly later to the 2nd century BCE.
Butler The butler is a senior servant in a large household. Usually the butler is the most senior staff member, although in the great houses of the past, the household was sometimes divided into departments with the butler in charge of the dining room (including the wine cellar) and pantry, and sometimes the entire parlour floor, and a housekeeper who was in charge of the whole house and its appearance.
Butler and Yelder In 1928, Louise Butler and her paramour, George Yelder were convicted in Lowndes County, Alabama of murdering Louise's 14-year-old niece, Topsy Warren. Topsy's sister and two of her cousins testified that Louise struck Topsy with an ax, with which George dismembered the corpse.
Butler Cole Aspinall Butler Cole Aspinall (1830 – 4 April 1875) was an Australian defence advocate. He was one of the counsel for the leaders of the Eureka Stockade, and defended Henry James O'Farrell for the attempted assassination of the Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh.
Butler Elementary School (Fort Dodge, Iowa) Butler Elementary School is an elementary school located in Fort Dodge, Iowa which is located in the Fort Dodge Community School District. The school educates grades K-4 with an average enrollment of approximately 400 students.
Butler High School (Pennsylvania) Butler High School is located in Butler, Pennsylvania and is part of the Butler Area School District. The school is actually composed of the Butler Intermediate High School for grades 9-10 and the Butler Senior High School for grades 11-12, both located on Fairground Hill just west of the city of Butler.
Butler Library The Nicholas Murray Butler Library, commonly known simply as Butler Library, is the largest single library in the Columbia University Library System, which contains over 8.6 million books, and is one of the largest buildings on the Morningside Heights campus of Columbia University in the City of New York.
Butler Medal The Butler Medal was a military decoration of the United States Army which was first created on October 11, 1864. The medal was created under the authority of Major General Benjamin Butler and was intended recognized meritorious or heroic acts of bravery performed by African American soldiers fighting for the United States of America in the American Civil War.
Butler Review On February 3 2004, the British Government announced an inquiry into the intelligence relating to Iraq's weapons of mass destruction which played a key part in the Government's decision to invade Iraq (as part of the U.S.
Butler's Barracks Butler's Barracks was the home of a British officer John Butler in what was then Newark, Upper Canada (today is Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. Butler's regiment, the Butler's Rangers are linked to the historic Queen's York Rangers.
Butler's Rangers Butler's Rangers (1777–1784) was a Loyalist (or "Tory") irregular militia regiment in the British Army during the American Revolutionary War. Originally a ranger company of General Sir John Johnson's King's Royal Regiment of New York under the command of Major John Butler, they were reorganized and expanded to regimental size on the orders of Sir Guy Carleton to serve with and lead the Iroquois forces of Joseph Brant against the Patriots.
Butler's Wharf Butler's Wharf is the name of a development of flats on Shad Thames, on the south bank of the river Thames just east of London's Tower Bridge - overlooking both the bridge and St Katherine's Dock on the other side of the river. The term is also used as an alternative name for the Shad Thames area.
Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion Butler-Hancock Sports Pavillion is a 4,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Greeley, Colorado. It was built in 1974 and is home to the University of Northern Colorado Bears men's & women's basketball teams, as well as the Bears volleyball, and indoor track and field programs.
Butler-Tarkington, Indianapolis Butler-Tarkington is a neighborhood on the north side of Indianapolis with the following borders: 38th Street and Crown Hill Cemetery to the south, the Central Canal and Westfield Boulevard to the north, Michigan Road to the west, and Meridian Street to the east.
Butlerov (crater) Butlerov is a lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon, beyond the western limb and past the area sometimes brought into view through libration. It is located one crater diameter to the west of Pease crater.
Butlers Cross Butlers Cross is a hamlet within the parish of Ellesborough, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located south of the main parish, on the crossroads between the road from Ellesborough to Little Kimble, and the road from Terrick to Chequers.
Butmir Culture The Butmir Culture was a culture in Butmir, near IlidĹľa, Bosnia and Herzegovina, dating from the Neolithic period. It is characterized by its unique pottery, and is one of the best researched European cultures from 2600-2400 BC.
Butoh Butoh (sometimes written butĂ´) is the collective name for a diverse range of techniques and motivations for dance inspired by the Ankoku-Butoh movement. It typically involves playful and grotesque imagery performed in white-body makeup but there is no set style.
Buton Rinchen Buton Rinchen Drub (), 11th Abbot of Shalu Monastery (1290-1364) was a fourteenth century Sakya master and Tibetan Buddhist leader. Buton was not merely a capable administrator but he is remembered to this very day as a prodigious scholar and writer and is Tibet's most celebrated historian.
Butorides Butorides is a genus of small herons. It contains three similar species, the Green Heron or Green-backed Heron, Butorides virescens, the Lava Heron (Butorides sundevalli), and the Striated Heron, Butorides striatus.
Butser Ancient Farm Butser Ancient Farm, near Petersfield in Hampshire, England, is a working replica of an Iron Age farmstead where long-term experiments in prehistoric and Roman agriculture, animal husbandry and manufacturing are held to test ideas posited by archaeologists. The period of interest is that from 400 BC to 400 AD.
Butskelism 'Butskellism' is the (moderately satirical) term used in British politics to refer to the political consensus formed in the 1950s and associated with the exercise of office as Chancellor of the Exchequer by Rab Butler of the Conservative Party and Hugh Gaitskell of the Labour Party. The term was inspired by a leading article in The Economist which dramatised the claimed convergence by referring to a fictitious Mr Butskell.
Butsudan A butsudan is a shrine found in religious temples and homes of Japanese and other Buddhist cultures. A butsudan is a wooden cabinet with doors that enclose and protect a religious icon, typically a statue or a mandala scroll.
Butt (sailing) In shipbuilding, a butt is the joint between two planks on the outside of a ship, under water. Hence, when a plank is loose at one end, sailors called it springing a butt; to prevent which, ships were usually bolted at the butt-heads, that is, at the plank's end.
Butt (unit) The butt (from the medieval French and Italian botte) or pipe is an old English unit of wine casks, holding two hogsheads (about (477 litres). A hogshead varied in size but today is most commonly 63 US gallons (ca.
Butt joint A butt joint is a joinery technique in which two members are joined by simply butting them together. The butt joint is the simplest joint to make since it merely involves cutting the members to the appropriate length and butting them together.
Butt Memorial Bridge The Butt Memorial Bridge is a road bridge in Augusta, Georgia dedicated to Major Archibald Willingham Butt, a victim of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. The bridge was erected in 1914 and dedicated by President William Howard Taft, a personal friend of Butt's.
Butt plug Butt plugs (or anal plugs) are sex toys designed to be inserted in the anus and rectum for sexual pleasure. In some ways, they are similar to a dildo, but they tend to be shorter, and to have a flared end to prevent the device from being lost inside the rectum.
Butt rot Butt rot is a disease of plants, mostly trees, caused by fungi. The fungus attacks the moist and poorly protected undersurface of tree trunk's thickest part (the "butt" above the root, as opposed to "top"), where the end of the stem makes contact with the soil.
Butt stomp Butt stomp (sometimes buttstomp, butt-stomp, or ground pound) is the name given to a particular maneuver in video games. Enemies are destroyed by jumping and landing on them with the rear end, rather than with a forward attack (such as a punch or kick).
Butt Trumpet Butt Trumpet was a Los Angeles punk band that was known more for its crass lyrics and deliberately offensive style than its music. They became famous in 1997 when their major label first CD Primitive Enema was nearly banned from sale in a Massachussetts town after a citizen heard her 12-year-old daughter listening to what she described as "audio porn.
Buttahatchee River The Buttahatchee River is a tributary of the Tombigbee River, about 75 mi (120 km) long, in northwestern Alabama and northeastern Mississippi in the United States. Via the Tombigbee River, it is part of the watershed of the Mobile River, which flows to the Gulf of Mexico.
Butte A butte () is an isolated hill with steep sides and a small flat top, smaller than mesas and plateaus. Buttes are prevalent in the western United States and on the Hawaiian Islands, especially around Honolulu.
Butte Creek (California) Butte Creek is tributary to the Sacramento River, joining the river in the vicinity of Colusa, California. About 110 miles in length, it runs through much of Butte County, California (the county, however, receives its name from the Sutter Buttes in Sutter County, California).
Butte de Warlencourt The Butte de Warlencourt is an ancient burial mound alongside the Albert-Bapaume road, north-east of the village of Le Sars in the Somme département of northern France. During the final stages of the 1916 Battle of the Somme, the Butte de Warlencourt was the subject of a number of costly and unsuccessful attacks by the British Fourth Army.
Butte du Lion The Butte du Lion ("Hillock of the Lion", "Lion's Mound") is a large conical artificial hill raised on the battlefield of Waterloo to commemorate the location where William II of the Netherlands (the Prince of Orange) was knocked from his horse by a musket ball to the shoulder during the battle. It was ordered constructed in 1820 by his father, King William I of The Netherlands, and completed in 1826.
Butte Irish The Butte Irish Hockey Club had been previously located in Vail, CO, where they competed as the Vail Avalanche. The franchise relocated to Butte, Montana for the 1996-97 AFHL season, and began play as the Butte Fighting Irish, a tribute to the town's rich Irish heritage.
Butte Valley National Grassland Butte Valley National Grassland is a 18425 acre (75 km²) United States National Grassland located in northern California. Administered by the United States Forest Service, it is located in northern Siskiyou County, near the Oregon border, between the communities of Dorris and Macdoel along U.
Butter (alchemy) In alchemy, the term butter was used to express several preparations, such as butter of antimony, of arsenic, of wax, of Saturn, etc. They were so called from their form and consistency, which resembled butter.
Butter Brickle Butter Brickle was the registered trademark of a toffee ice cream flavoring and of a toffee-centered chocolate-covered candy bar similar to the Heath bar. The flavoring and the candy bar were produced by the Sioux Falls, South Dakota company, Fenn Bros.
Butter cookie Butter cookies, known as Brysslkex, sablès and Dutch biscuits, are basically unleavened cookies consisting of butter, flour and sugar. They are often categorized as a "crisp cookie" due to their texture, caused in part because of the quantity of butter and sugar.
Butter cream Butter cream or buttercream or mock cream is a type of icing used inside cakes, as a coating, and as decoration. In its simplest form, it is made by creaming butter with icing sugar, although other fats can be used, such as margarine or even avocado.
Butter chicken Butter chicken or murgh makhani is an Indian dish popular in countries all over the world that have a tradition of Indian restaurants. While the dish's general recipe is well known, the actual flavour can vary from restaurant to restaurant even within Delhi.
Butter knife A butter knife is a flat, metal knife. In common usage, butter knife may refer to any table knife designed with a dull edge and rounded point; formal flatware patterns make a distinction between such a place knife (or table knife) and a butter knife.
Butter tea Butter tea, also known as po cha (, "Tibetan tea"), cha süma (, "churned tea") or su you cha ([pinyin: sū yóu chá), is a drink of the Tibetans] and Chinese minorities in southwestern China. It is also consumed in [[Bhutan.
Butter-box Butter-box was a derogatory name that British sailors gave the Dutch during the age of the Anglo-Dutch Wars, says the Oxford Dictionary of nautical matters. It may have derived from the flag of Holland, which at the time had an orange stripe on top.
Butterball Butterball is a brand of turkey and other poultry products produced by Butterball LLC, a joint venture of Smithfield Foods and Maxwell Farms.brand has existed for over fifty years and has been the top-selling brand of turkey in the United States] for over forty years.
Butterbrot The German word "Butterbrot" (literally: butterbread = bread with butter) (Dutch: Boterham) describes a slice of bread topped with butter. The words in the different dialects for it vary from "Butterstulle", "Stulle", "Schnitte", "BĂĽtterken" to "Bemme" or "Knifte".
Butterbur The plants commonly referred to as Butterbur are found in the daisy family Asteraceae in the genus Petasites. They are mostly quite robust plants with thick, creeping underground rhizomes and large Rhubarb-like leaves during the growing season.
Buttercrambe with Bossall Buttercrambe with Bossall is a civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, with a population of 100 according to the 2001 census. The parish is near Stamford Bridge, and contains Buttercrambe and Bossall.
Butterfield Overland Mail The Buttefield Overland Mail, also known as Butterfield Overland Stage, or simply Butterfield Stage, was a stagecoach route in the United States, operating from 1857 to 1861. It was a conduit for the US mail between St.
Butterfield Overland Mail in Indian Territory The Butterfield Overland Mail in Indian Territory was part of the Butterfield Overland Mail service (1857-1861) created by Congress March 3, 1857. In Indian Territory, the route crossed from Arkansas into the Choctaw Nation at Skullyville and left the Chickasaw Nation at Colbert's Ferry into Texas.
Butterflies in the stomach Butterflies in the stomach is a medical condition characterized by the physical sensation of a "fluttery" (hence butterflies) feeling in the stomach. Some believe that this is caused by the release of epinephrine, or adrenaline, when one is nervous, pulling blood away from the stomach and sending it to the muscles.
Butterfly A butterfly is an insect of the order Lepidoptera, it belongs to either the Hesperioidea (the skippers) or Papilionoidea (all other butterflies) Superfamilies. Some authors have also suggested the inclusion of the superfamily Hedyloidea, the American butterfly moths.
Butterfly (1999 film) Butterfly is the English language DVD release title for La lengua de las mariposas (Spanish The Tongue of the Butterflies), a 1999 Spanish film directed by José Luis Cuerda. The film was also titled, in various places, as the Butterfly's Tongue and Butterfly Tongues.
Butterfly (lighting) In cinema butterfly is a methodology of lighting sets. When controlling light, grips use a variety of flags (black, opaque material), nets (one, two, or three layers of black, white, or semi translucent bobinette), and diffusion (translucent white materials of different densities).
Butterfly (Mariah Carey song) "Butterfly" is a song written and produced by American singer Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff for Carey's seventh album Butterfly (1997). It is a ballad combining elements of pop and gospel, but Carey had originally conceived it as a house record with David Morales titled "Fly Away (Butterfly Reprise)".
Butterfly Ball The Butterfly Ball is a concept album and subsequent live rock opera appearing in 1974 and 1975 respectively, based on the children's book The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper Feast. The album is officially titled the same as this poem, but is more commonly shortened to the Butterfly Ball to distinguish it.
Butterfly Bomb A Butterfly Bomb, or (Sprengbombe Dickwandig 2 kg or SD2, also known as Splitterbombe) was a German 2 kg anti-personnel bomb dropped by the German Luftwaffe during the Second World War. It was so named because the thin cylindrical metal outer shell hinged open when it was dropped and gave a superficial appearance of a large butterfly.
Butterfly coil The Butterfly coil is a method used by climbers for carrying a rope, such that the rope remains attached to the climber and ready to be thrown or uncoiled. It is most useful when one can approach an anchor point without needing the coiled rope itself.
Butterfly Cluster The Butterfly Cluster (also known as M6 or NGC 6405) is an open cluster in the constellation of Scorpius. It is visually the closest Messier object (in angular distance) to the center of the galaxy in Sagittarius.
Butterfly Conservation Butterfly Conservation is an insect conservation organization in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1968 as the British Butterfly Conservation Society by a small group of dedicated naturalists, headed by Sir Peter Scott.
Butterfly doors Butterfly doors, also called vertical doors or dihedral doors, are a type of door often seen on high-performance automobiles. They are similar to scissor doors, but while scissor doors merely tilt forward and up, butterfly doors also rotate as they move forward.
Butterfly effect The butterfly effect is a phrase that encapsulates the more technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory. Small variations of the initial condition of a dynamical system may produce large variations in the long term behavior of the system.
Butterfly Economics Butterfly Economics: A New General Theory of Social and Economic Behavior is a book by Paul Ormerod dealing with economic theory, published in 1999. The author uses a plethora of insect-related metaphors to show that an economy tends to function like a living organism rather than a machine and is thus able to learn and to adapt.
Butterfly gardening Butterfly gardening is a growing school of gardening, specifically wildlife gardening, that is aimed at creating an environment that attracts butterflies, as well as certain moths, such as those in the hemaris genus. Butterfly gardening is often aimed at inviting those butterflies and moths to lay eggs as well.
Butterfly Garden Butterfly Garden is a computer simulation by independent developer Autonomous Productions, revolving around the raising and collecting of butterflies. Initially for the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade, the developers have promised there will be a PC version, as well as the Wii.
Butterfly Inversion A butterfly inversion is often found on Boomerang roller coasters. In fact it is similar to a boomerang element except that instead of going into a loop, it turns at the top and right into a corkscrew before performing the second half of the boomerang element.
Butterfly kick A butterfly kick or horse kick (xuànzi 旋子) is a kick featured within many disciplines of martial arts, but originally practiced in Chinese martial arts, in particular modern wushu. It is so named because as the legs reach the apex of their arc the arms are stretched out, leaving all limbs extended in a position similar to that of a butterfly's wings in-flight (however, note that the original Chinese word for this technique contains no references to butterflies or kicks).
Butterfly kingfish The butterfly kingfish, bigscale mackerel, or butterfly mackerel, Gasterochisma melampus, the only species in the genus Gasterochisma, is found around the world in southern temperate waters, down to 200 m in open water. Its length is up to 2 m.
Butterfly Koi Butterfly Koi, Longfin Koi, or Dragon Carp are a type of ornamental fish notable for their elongated finnage. The fish are a breed of the common carp, Cyprinus carpio, (which includes numerous wild carp races as well as domesticated koi ("Nishikigoi").
Butterfly Lovers The Butterfly Lovers is a Chinese legend about the tragic romance between two lovers, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, or Liang Zhu, from whom the name of the legend is known in Chinese (梁山伯與祝英台, pinyin: Liáng Shānbó yǔ Zhù Yīngtái, often abbreviated as "梁祝", Liáng-Zhù). The legend is often regarded as the Chinese equivalent to Romeo and Juliet.
Butterfly Lovers (album) Butterfly Lovers (TC: 梁祝下世傳奇, SC: 梁祝下世传奇) is a musical stageplay starring Denise Ho and Endy Chow, based on the Butterfly Lovers story. Ho recorded an album of songs from the musical, released by East Asia Music on September 7, 2005.
Butterfly Melodies: The Piano Tribute to Mariah Carey Butterfly Melodies: The Piano Tribute to Mariah Carey is a tribute album to American singer Mariah Carey, recorded on the piano and released by Vitamin Records in the United States on October 4 2005 (see 2005 in music).
Butterfly perch The butterfly perch, Caesioperca lepidoptera, a sea bass of the subfamily Anthiinae of the family Serranidae , is found in the eastern Indian Ocean, and south west Pacific Ocean including southern Australia, and New Zealand. Its length is between 15 and 30 cm.
Butterfly style In ice hockey, the butterfly style refers to a style of goaltending in which the goaltender covers the lower part of the net with his or her leg pads, mainly by dropping down on knees. Although effective and popular among goaltenders, this style, however, leaves the upper portion of the net more open than it would otherwise be.
Butterfly sword The butterfly sword () is a short dāo, or single-edged blade, originally from the South of China, though it has seen use in the North. The blade length is approximately that of the forearm, for easy concealment within the sleeves or inside boots, and for greater maneuverability to spin and rotate in close-quarters fighting.
Butterfly vibrator Butterfly strap-on vibrator is a clitoral sex toy featuring a vibrating body in the shape of a butterfly and straps attached to it for wearing on the waist and thighs. The name of the vibrator was taken from the shape of a butterfly with wings providing the stimulation of clitoris and labia.
Butterfly Valley Butterfly Valley, or Wu Tip Kuk (蝴蝶谷), is a valley in north of Lai Chi Kok in New Kowloon of Hong Kong. Located between O Pui Shan and Piper's Hill, the valley was an habitat of butterflies before Japanese occupation of Hong Kong and thus named after the creatures.
Butterfly Valley Botanical Area Butterfly Valley Botanical Area in Plumas County, California, United States was designated a protected botanical area in 1976 due to its abundance and diversity of plant life. Managed by the Plumas National Forest, the Butterfly Valley Botanical Area is the home of the California Pitcher Plant (Darlingtonia californica) - a rare and unusual insect eating plant that only grows in scattered boggy areas from southern Oregon down through northern California where the Sierra and Cascades meet.
Butterfly Valley Road Butterfly Valley Road (蝴蝶谷道) is an alternative road of Castle Peak Road in Lai Chi Kok in Hong Kong. South of Butterfly Valley, the road joins Castle Peak Road, Lai Chi Kok Road, Cheung Sha Wan Road and Kwai Chung Road in its south end and Castle Peak Road and Ching Cheung Road in the north end.
Butterfly watching Butterfly watching (also called butterflying) is a hobby concerned with the observation and study of butterflies. It is growing in popularity, and there are clubs, handbooks, checklists, and even festivals devoted to the activity, just as there are for birding.
Butterflyfish The butterflyfish are a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae. Found mostly on the reefs of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, butterflyfish are fairly small, most from 12-22 centimetres in length.
Butterflying Butterflying is a cutting technique used by butchers to transform a thick, compact piece of meat into a thinner, larger one. The piece of meat to be cut is laid out flat on a cutting board and cut in half parallel to the board from one side almost all the way to the other.
Buttermere, Wiltshire Buttermere is a tiny village and civil parish at the eastern edge of the English county of Wiltshire. It stands above the steep escarpment of Ham Hill, and at 250 metres above sea level it is the highest village in Wiltshire and probably the highest in Wessex.
Buttermilk Creek, Ontario Buttermilk Creek flows from Astrolabe Lake (Formerly Green Lake), which is entirely within the grounds of Logos Land water park, before depositing into Muskrat River. It is a narrow stream which can be seen meandering through the terrain north of highway 17 as one approaches Cobden from the south.
Buttermilk Channel Buttermilk Channel is a small tidal strait in New York City, approximately one mile long and one-fourth of a mile wide, separating Governors Island from Brooklyn in Upper New York Bay. At one time, the channel could be crossed at low tide, and farmers would bring their cows over to Governors Island for grazing.

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