1. A stamp of carved wood for marking butter-pats; the impression of such a stamp.
1632. Brome, North. Lasse, II. i. 23. A thumb-Ring with his Grandsirs Sheep-mark, or Grannams butter-print on’t.
a. 1704. Locke, Posth. Wks. (1706), 157. An infinite Butter-print, in which was ingraven Figures of all sorts and Sizes.
1822. Blackw. Mag., XII. 659. Much pastoral poetry now wore the semblance of very tasteful butter-prints.
comb. 1829. Southey, Sir T. More, II. 67. The various trades of Taylor, Clogger, and Butter-print maker.
† 2. fig. A child. Obs. slang.
1616. Beaum. & Fl., Wit without Money, V. iv. I hope she has brought me no butter-print along with her to lay to my charge.
1618. Fletcher, Chances, I. v. You will be wiser one day, when you have purchased A bevy of these butter-prints.
1709. Brit. Apollo, II. No. 46. 3/2. Her Girl and her Boy, For Patterns employ, To make little Butter-Prints by.
