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  • English Word Busybodies Definition of Busybody
  • English Word Busybody Definition One who officiously concerns himself with the affairs of others; a meddling person.
  • English Word Busying Definition of Busy
  • English Word But Definition Except with; unless with; without.
  • English Word But Definition Except; besides; save.
  • English Word But Definition Excepting or excluding the fact that; save that; were it not that; unless; -- elliptical, for but that.
  • English Word But Definition Otherwise than that; that not; -- commonly, after a negative, with that.
  • English Word But Definition Only; solely; merely.
  • English Word But Definition On the contrary; on the other hand; only; yet; still; however; nevertheless; more; further; -- as connective of sentences or clauses of a sentence, in a sense more or less exceptive or adversative; as, the House of Representatives passed the bill, but the Senate dissented; our wants are many, but quite of another kind.
  • English Word But Definition The outer apartment or kitchen of a two-roomed house; -- opposed to ben, the inner room.
  • English Word But Definition A limit; a boundary.
  • English Word But Definition The end; esp. the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end. See 1st Butt.
  • English Word But Definition See Butt, v., and Abut, v.
  • English Word But Definition A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
  • English Word But Definition The thicker end of anything. See But.
  • English Word But Definition A mark to be shot at; a target.
  • English Word But Definition A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company.
  • English Word But Definition A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; as, the butt of a ram.
  • English Word But Definition A thrust in fencing.
  • English Word But Definition A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
  • English Word But Definition A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering; -- also called butt joint.
  • English Word But Definition The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.
  • English Word But Definition The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.
  • English Word But Definition The joint where two planks in a strake meet.
  • English Word But Definition A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; -- so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge.
  • English Word But Definition The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
  • English Word But Definition The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
  • English Word But-thorn Definition The common European starfish (Asterias rubens).
  • English Word Butane Definition An inflammable gaseous hydrocarbon, C4H10, of the marsh gas, or paraffin, series.
  • English Word Butcher Definition One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food.