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- Butt Butt, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Butted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Butting}.] [OE. butten, OF. boter to push, F. bouter. See
{Butt} an end, and cf. {Boutade}.]
1. To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to
terminate; to be bounded; to abut. [Written also {but}.]
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And Barnsdale there doth butt on Don's well-watered
ground. --Drayton.
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2. To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the
head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See {Butt}, n.]
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A snow-white steer before thine altar led,
Butts with his threatening brows. --Dryden.
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2000.
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But — (b[u^]t), prep., adv. & conj. [OE. bute, buten, AS. b[=u]tan, without, on the outside, except, besides; pref. be + [=u]tan outward, without, fr. [=u]t out. Primarily, b[=u]tan, as well as [=u]t, is an adverb. [root]198. See {By}, {Out}; cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
But if — But But (b[u^]t), prep., adv. & conj. [OE. bute, buten, AS. b[=u]tan, without, on the outside, except, besides; pref. be + [=u]tan outward, without, fr. [=u]t out. Primarily, b[=u]tan, as well as [=u]t, is an adverb. [root]198. See {By}, {Out};… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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But — But, n. [See 1st {But}.] 1. A limit; a boundary. [1913 Webster] 2. The end; esp. the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end. Now disused in this sense, being replaced by {butt}[2]. See 1st {Butt}. [1913 Webster… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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But — But, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Butted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Butting}.] See {Butt}, v., and {Abut}, v. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
BUT — may refer to: * British United Traction, a division of Leyland Motors Ltd * Brno University of Technology, a university located in Brno, Czech Republic * BUT / Aishō , a 2007 J Pop single by Koda Kumi … Wikipedia
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