BPage 483
- 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.