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Definition of Butter knife
1. Noun. A small knife with a dull blade; for cutting or spreading butter.
Definition of Butter knife
1. Noun. A non-serrated table knife with a dull edge and rounded point, designed for spreading butter on a piece of bread without tearing it. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Literary usage of Butter knife
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1861)
"Its shape is much like that of the butter-knife, only on a larger scale, and it
has eccentric perforations of various patterns, whether for use or for ..."
2. Blue Book by Tiffany and Company (1893)
"Butter Knives and Plates: butter knife and Sugar Spoon, including case 9. to 20.
... butter knife and Cheese Knife, includ- cluding ..."
3. Good Morals and Gentle Manners: For Schools and Families by Alexander Murdoch Gow (1873)
"The butter-knife and spoons.—There ought to be a butter-knife for every ...
If no butter-knife is provided, each guest should be careful to clean his knife ..."
4. Works by Herbert Spencer (1898)
"As a typical instance may be named a silver butter-knife. It is an implement
utterly superfluous. There can be no pretence that there is any chemical action ..."
5. Transactions by American philosophical society (1850)
"64 2d best by a girl under 21 years, Silver butter knife. . A statement of the
manner of making the butter must accompany each sample. CHEESE. ..."
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