BUTTON, an article of dress, serving to fasten cloaths tight about the body, made of metal, silk, mohair, &c. in various forms. Metal-buttons are either cast in moulds, in the manner of other small works, (see FOUNDERY), or made of thin plates of gold, silver, or brass, whose structure is very ingenious, though but of little use.
Buttons of all sorts are prohibited to be imported. BUTTON, among gardeners, denotes much the same with bud. See BUD.