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  • 61but — Butt Butt, But But, n. [F. but butt, aim (cf. butte knoll), or bout, OF. bot, end, extremity, fr. boter, buter, to push, butt, strike, F. bouter; of German origin; cf. OHG. b[=o]zan, akin to E. beat. See {Beat}, v. t.] 1. A limit; a bound; a… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 62but — 1. preposition /bʌt,bət/ Without, apart from, except. Away but the hoose and tell me whaes there. 2. adverb /bʌt,bət/ Merely, only. Since that day, my mood has changed but a little. 3. conjunction /bʌt,bət/ …

    Wiktionary

  • 63But —          CHIRAC (Jacques)     Bio express : Homme d État français (1932 )     «Les moyens ne sont jamais adéquats quand le but est mal défini.»     Source : La France pour tous     Mot(s) clé(s) : But Moyen          DIMITROV (Gueorgui)     Bio… …

    Dictionnaire des citations politiques

  • 64but — 1. conjunction 1) he stumbled but didn t fall Syn: however, nevertheless, nonetheless, even so, yet, still 2) I am clean but you aren t Syn: whereas, conversely 2. preposition …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 65but —    , ’Ole but, Me ole Butty    After a BBC radio broadcast in 1975 Mr M.J.Collins wrote to the present author as follows: ‘The above terms are in common and frequent use today throughout the Forest of Dean, and are exactly analagous to “cock” and …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 66But-1-en — Butene (auch Butylene) sind eine Gruppe von vier isomeren Kohlenwasserstoffen mit der allgemeinen Summenformel C4H8, die über eine C C Doppelbindung verfügen. Sie zählen damit zu den Alkenen. Zwei der Isomere unterscheiden sich durch cis trans… …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 67But — (adv.) however; though (used at the end of a sentence): We never win but ; I cannot confirm or deny any of your points but ; I never did it but …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 68but — [OE] But originally meant ‘outside’. It was a compound word formed in prehistoric West Germanic from *be (source of English by) and *ūtana (related to English out). This gave Old English būtan, which quickly developed in meaning from ‘outside’ to …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 69but — m IV, D. buta, Ms. bucie; lm M. y 1. «wierzchnie okrycie stopy lub stopy i kostki, czasem również łydki, przeważnie skórzane, gumowe lub płócienne, z mocną częścią spodnią (podeszwą), chroniącą stopę od obrażeń przy chodzeniu, oraz niekiedy z… …

    Słownik języka polskiego

  • 70but — but1 conjunction 1》 used to introduce a phrase or clause contrasting with what has come before or with what is expected. 2》 [with negative or in questions] other than; otherwise than. 3》 [with negative] archaic without it being the case that.… …

    English new terms dictionary