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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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=ozan,
akin to e. beat. see beat, v. t.
1. a limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
1913 webster
here is my journey's end, here my butt
and very sea mark of my utmost sail. --shak.
1913 webster
note: as applied to land, the word is nearly synonymous with
mete, and signifies properly the end line or boundary;
the abuttal.
1913 webster
2. the larger or thicker end of anything; the blunt end, in
distinction from the sharp end; as, the butt of a rifle.
formerly also spelled but. see 2nd but, n. sense 2.
1913 webster +pjc
3. a mark to be shot at; a target. --sir w. scott.
1913 webster
the groom his fellow groom at butts defies,
and bends his bow, and levels with his eyes.
--dryden.
1913 webster
4. a person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed;
as, the butt of the company.
1913 webster
i played a sentence or two at my butt, which i
thought very smart. --addison.
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5. a push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an
animal; as, the butt of a ram.
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6. a thrust in fencing.
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to prove who gave the fairer butt,
john shows the chalk on robert's coat. --prior.
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7. a piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
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the hay was growing upon headlands and butts in
cornfields. --burrill.
1913 webster
8. mech.
a a joint where the ends of two objects come squarely
together without scarfing or chamfering; -- also
called butt joint.
b the end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to
which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and
gib.
c the portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of
a hose.
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9. shipbuilding the joint where two planks in a strake
meet.
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10. carp. 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.
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11. leather trade the thickest and stoutest part of tanned
oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
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12. the hut or shelter of the person who attends to the
targets in rifle practice.
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13. the buttocks; as, get up off your butt and get to work;
-- used as a euphemism, less objectionable than ass.
slang
syn: ass, rear end, derriere, behind, rump, heinie.
pjc
butt chain saddlery, a short chain attached to the end of
a tug.
butt end. the thicker end of anything. see but end, under
2d but.
1913 webster
amen; and make me die a good old man
that's the butt end of a mother's blessing. --shak.
1913 webster
a butt's length, the ordinary distance from the place of
shooting to the butt, or mark.
butts and bounds conveyancing, abuttals and boundaries.
in lands of the ordinary rectangular shape, butts are the
lines at the ends f. bouts, and bounds are those on the
sides, or sidings, as they were formerly termed.
--burrill.
bead and butt. see under bead.
butt and butt, joining end to end without overlapping, as
planks.
butt weld mech., a butt joint, made by welding together
the flat ends, or edges, of a piece of iron or steel, or
of separate pieces, without having them overlap. see
weld.
full butt, headfirst with full force. colloq. "the
corporal . . . ran full butt at the lieutenant."
--marryat.
1913 webster
see also:
beat but butt joint butt hinge ass butt chain
butt end but end but a butt's length butts and bounds
bead and butt bead butt and butt butt weld weld
full butt
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
a snow-white steer before thine altar led,
butts with his threatening brows. --dryden.
1913 webster
see also:
butted butting butt boutade but
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
butt \butt\, v. t.
to strike by thrusting the head against; to strike with the
head.
1913 webster
two harmless lambs are butting one the other. --sir h.
wotton.
1913 webster
- [4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
butt \butt\, n. f. botte, boute, ll. butta. cf. bottle a
hollow vessel.
a large cask or vessel for wine or beer. it contains two
hogsheads.
1913 webster
note: a wine butt contains 126 wine gallons = 105 imperial
gallons, nearly; a beer butt 108 ale gallons = about
110 imperial gallons.
1913 webster
see also:
bottle
- [5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
butt \butt\, n. zool.
the common english flounder.
1913 webster
- [6] : WordNet (r) 2.0
butt
n 1: thick end of the handle syn: butt end
2: a victim of ridicule or pranks syn: goat, laughingstock,
stooge
3: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he
deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit
on your fanny and do nothing?" syn: buttocks, nates,
arse, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters,
hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear
end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie,
tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass
4: sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a
marksman or archer to aim at syn: target
5: finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking syn: cigarette,
cigaret, coffin nail, fag
6: a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping
syn: butt joint
7: a large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to
2 hogsheads or 126 gallons
8: the small unused part of something especially the end of a
cigarette that is left after smoking syn: stub
v 1: lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "canada adjoins
the u.s."; "england marches with scotland" syn: border,
adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt against, butt
on
2: to strike, thrust or shove against, often with head or
horns; "he butted his sister out of the way" syn: bunt
3: place end to end without overlapping; "the frames must be
butted at the joints"
see also:
butt end goat laughingstock stooge buttocks nates
arse backside bum buns can
fundament hindquarters hind end keister posterior
prat rear rear end rump stern
seat tail tail end tooshie tush
bottom behind derriere fanny ass
target cigarette cigaret coffin nail fag
butt joint stub border adjoin edge
abut march butt against butt on bunt
- [7] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
367 moby thesaurus words for "butt":
thule, ultima thule, abut, abut on, adjoin, advance, afterglow,
afterimage, aim, ankle, articulate, articulation, assault,
backside, bacon, balance, barrel, batten, batten down,
be contiguous, be in contact, bear, bear upon, bearing, behind,
bit, bitter end, bolt, boost, border, border on, bottom,
bottom dollar, boundary, bowl, breech, buck, buckle, bull,
bulldoze, bump, bump against, bunt, butt against, butt end,
buttocks, button, by-end, by-purpose, byword, byword of reproach,
candle ends, carton of cigarettes, cervix, chaff, chip,
chitterlings, chump, chunk, cig, cigarette, cigarette butt,
cigarette case, clasp, cleat, clinch, clip, clipping, closure,
cochon de lait, collop, communicate, conjoin, connect,
connecting link, connecting rod, connection, coupling, cracklings,
cram, croup, crowd, crumb, crupper, cut, cutting, debris,
deck of cigarettes, derision, derriere, destination, detritus, dig,
dollop, dovetail, drive, driving force, dupe, elbow, embrace, end,
end in view, extreme, extremity, fag, fag end, fair game, fall guy,
fanny, farthest bound, fat back, figure of fun, filings,
final cause, flitch, fool, force, forward, fossil, fragment, game,
gammon, gazingstock, gliding joint, goad, goal, goat, gob, gobbet,
gudgeon, gull, ham, ham steak, haslet, hasp, haunches, head,
headcheese, hind end, hinge, hinged joint, hip, hitch, hogshead,
holdover, hook, hunk, hurtle, husks, hustle, impel, impulsion,
interface, interfere, interrupt, intrude, jab, jam, jambon,
jambonneau, jest, jestingstock, jog, joggle, join, joining, joint,
joke, jolt, jostle, jumping-off place, juncture, keg, kibitz, knee,
knuckle, lard, latch, laughingstock, leavings, leftovers, lie by,
limit, line, link, lock, lump, march, mark, meddle, meet, miter,
mock, mockery, modicum, moiety, monkey, morsel, mortise,
motive power, move, nail, nates, neck, neighbor, nib, nudge,
object, object in mind, objective, odds and ends, offscourings,
orts, paring, parings, particle, patsy, pedal, peg, picnic ham,
piece, pieds de cochon, pig, pigeon, pile drive, pilgarlic, pin,
pipe, pivot, pivot joint, point, poke, pole, pork, porkpie,
posterior, prat, press, pressure, prey, prod, propel, propelling,
propelment, propulsion, pulsion, punch, pursuit, push, pushing,
quarry, quintain, rabbet, rags, ram, ram down, rasher, rattle,
rear, rear end, reason for being, refuse, relics, remainder,
remains, remnant, residue, residuum, rest, rivet, roach, roll, row,
rubbish, ruins, rump, run, run against, salt pork, sawdust, scarf,
scoop, scourings, scrap, scraps, screw, seam, sew, shadow, shake,
shard, shaving, shavings, shiver, shoulder, shove, shoving, shred,
shunt, side of bacon, sitting duck, skewer, slice, sliver,
small ham, smithereen, smoke, snack, snap, snatch, snip, snipe,
snippet, sowbelly, splinter, sport, stand by, staple, stick,
stitch, stock, straw, stress, stub, stubble, stump, sucker,
suckling pig, survival, suture, sweep, sweep along, sweepings,
symphysis, tack, tag, tag end, tail, tail end, tamp, target,
tatter, teleology, thrust, tie rod, tip, toggle, toggle joint,
touch, toy, trace, treadle, troll, trotters, trundle, tun,
ultimate aim, union, verge, verge upon, vestige, victim, waste,
wedge, weld, wrist, zipper
- [8] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
butt. a measure of capacity, equal to one hundred and eight gallons. see
measure.
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