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Buss (bŭs), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bussed (bŭst); p. pr. & vb. n. Bussing.] To kiss; esp. to kiss with a smack, or rudely. “Nor bussed the milking maid.” Tennyson.
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Kissing and bussing differ both in this,
We buss our wantons, but our wives we kiss. Herrick.
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Buss, n. [Cf. OF. busse, Pr. bus, LL. bussa, busa, G. büse, D. buis.] (Naut.) A small strong vessel with two masts and two cabins; -- used in the herring fishery.
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The Dutch whalers and herring busses. Macaulay.
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bust (bŭst), n. [F. buste, fr. It. busto; cf. LL. busta, bustula, box, of the same origin as E. box a case; cf., for the change of meaning, E. chest. See .] 1. A piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human figure, including the head, shoulders, and breast.
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Ambition sighed: she found it vain to trust
The faithless column, and the crumbling bust. Pope.
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2. The portion of the human figure included between the head and waist, whether in statuary or in the person; the chest or thorax; the upper part of the trunk of the body.
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3. Especially: A woman's bosom{2}.
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bust (bŭst), v. t. To arrest, for committing a crime; -- often used in the passive; as, the whole gang got busted. [informal]
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bust (bŭst), v. i. 1. To break or burst. [informal]
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2. (Card Playing) In blackjack, to draw a card that causes one's total to exceed twenty-one.
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3. To go bankrupt.
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Coloq. to go bust to go bankrupt. Coloq. or bust or collapse from the effort; -- used in phrases expressing determination to do something; as, Oregon or bust, meaning “We will get to Oregon or die trying.”
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bustard (bŭstẽrd), n. [OF. & Prov. F. bistarde, F. outarde, from L. avis tarda, lit., slow bird. Plin. 10, 22; “proximæ iis sunt, quas Hispania aves tardas appellat, Græcia 'wtidas.”] (Zoöl.) A bird of the genus Otis.
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☞ The great or bearded bustard (Otis tarda) is the largest game bird in Europe. It inhabits the temperate regions of Europe and Asia, and was formerly common in Great Britain. The little bustard (Otis tetrax) inhabits eastern Europe and Morocco. Many other species are known in Asia and Africa.
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busted adj. 1. Inoperable due to damage; broken; -- of a machine; as, the coke machine is busted. [informal]
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2. Arrested for committing a crime; -- of a person; as, the rock star was busted for coke possession.. [informal]
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3. [predicate] same as ; -- said especially of military rank, and often folowed by to; as, he was busted to corporal for being AWOL.
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4. [predicate] same as ; -- of people.
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Buster (bŭstẽr), n. Something huge; a roistering blade; also, a spree. [Slang, U.S.] Bartlett.
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Bustle (bŭss'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bustled (-s'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Bustling (-slĭng).] [Cf. OE. buskle, perh. fr. AS. bysig busy, bysg-ian to busy + the verbal termination -le; or Icel. bustla to splash, bustle.] To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd.
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And leave the world for me to bustle in. Shak.
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Bustle, n. Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement.
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A strange bustle and disturbance in the world. South.
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Bustle, n. A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by women, to give fullness to the skirts; -- called also bishop, and tournure.
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Bustler (bŭsslẽr), n. An active, stirring person.
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Bustling (bŭsslĭng), a. Agitated; noisy; tumultuous; characterized by confused activity; as, a bustling crowd. “A bustling wharf.” Hawthorne.
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Busto (�), n.; pl. Bustoes (�). [It.] A bust; a statue.
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bust-up n. a serious quarrel (especially one that ends a friendship).
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With some antick bustoes in the niches. Ashmole.
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Busy (bĭzz�), a. [OE. busi, bisi, AS. bysig; akin to D. bezig, LG. besig; cf. Skr. bhūsh to be active, busy.] 1. Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or only for the time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor at leisure; as, a busy merchant.
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Sir, my mistress sends you word
That she is busy, and she can not come. Shak.
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2. Constantly at work; diligent; active.
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Busy hammers closing rivets up. Shak.
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Religious motives . . . are so busy in the heart. Addison.
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3. Crowded with business or activities; -- said of places and times; as, a busy street.
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To-morrow is a busy day. Shak.
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4. Officious; meddling; foolish active.
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On meddling monkey, or on busy ape. Shak.
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5. Careful; anxious. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Syn. -- Diligent; industrious; assiduous; active; occupied; engaged.
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Busy (bĭzz�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Busied (bĭzzĭd); p. pr. & vb. n. Busying.] [AS. bysgian.] To make or keep busy; to employ; to engage or keep engaged; to occupy; as, to busy one's self with books.
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Be it thy course to busy giddy minds
With foreign quarrels. Shak.
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busybodied adj. intruding unasked into the affairs of others.
Syn. -- interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, busy.
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Busybody (-bŏd�), n.; pl. Busybodies (-bŏdĭz). One who officiously concerns himself with the affairs of others; a meddling person.
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And not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. 1 Tim. v. 13.
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busyness n. the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity; as, they manifested all the busyness of a pack of beavers.
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busywork n. active work of little value, performed merely to occupy time, avoid boredom, or to look busy; as, while he was waiting he filled the days with busywork.
Syn. -- make-work.
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But (bŭt), prep., adv. & conj. [OE. bute, buten, AS. būtan, without, on the outside, except, besides; pref. be- + ūtan outward, without, fr. ūt out. Primarily, būtan, as well as ūt, is an adverb. √198. See , ; cf. .] 1. Except with; unless with; without. [Obs.]
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So insolent that he could not go but either spurning equals or trampling on his inferiors. Fuller.
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Touch not the cat but a glove. Motto of the Mackintoshes.
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2. Except; besides; save.
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Who can it be, ye gods! but perjured Lycon? E. Smith.
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☞ In this sense, but is often used with other particles; as, but for, without, had it not been for. “Uncreated but for love divine.” Young.
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3. Excepting or excluding the fact that; save that; were it not that; unless; -- elliptical, for but that.
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And but my noble Moor is true of mind . . . it were enough to put him to ill thinking. Shak.
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4. Otherwise than that; that not; -- commonly, after a negative, with that.
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It cannot be but nature hath some director, of infinite power, to guide her in all her ways. Hooker.
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There is no question but the king of Spain will reform most of the abuses. Addison.
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5. Only; solely; merely.
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Observe but how their own principles combat one another. Milton.
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If they kill us, we shall but die. 2 Kings vii. 4.
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A formidable man but to his friends. Dryden.
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6. 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.
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Now abideth faith hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. 1 Cor. xiii. 13.
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When pride cometh, then cometh shame; but with the lowly is wisdom. Prov. xi. 2.
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Coloq. All but . See under . -- Coloq. But and if , but if; an attempt on the part of King James's translators of the Bible to express the conjunctive and adversative force of the Greek �.
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But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; . . . the lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him. Luke xii. 45, 46.
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Coloq. But if , unless. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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But this I read, that but if remedy
Thou her afford, full shortly I her dead shall see. Spenser.
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Syn. -- , , . These conjunctions mark opposition in passing from one thought or topic to another. But marks the opposition with a medium degree of strength; as, this is not winter, but it is almost as cold; he requested my assistance, but I shall not aid him at present. However is weaker, and throws the opposition (as it were) into the background; as, this is not winter; it is, however, almost as cold; he required my assistance; at present, however, I shall not afford him aid. The plan, however, is still under consideration, and may yet be adopted. Still is stronger than but, and marks the opposition more emphatically; as, your arguments are weighty; still they do not convince me. See , .
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☞ “The chief error with but is to use it where and is enough; an error springing from the tendency to use strong words without sufficient occasion.” Bain.
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But (�), n. [Cf. , prep., adv. & conj.] The outer apartment or kitchen of a two-roomed house; -- opposed to ben, the inner room. [Scot.]
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But, n. [See 1st .] 1. A limit; a boundary.
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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 {2}. See 1st .
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Coloq. But end , the larger or thicker end; as, the but end of a log; the but end of a musket. See , n.
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But, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Butted; p. pr. & vb. n. Butting.] See , v., and , v.
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butacaine n. a white crystalline ester (C18H30N2O2) that is applied to mucous membranes as a topical anesthetic. Chemically it is 3-(di-n-butylamino)-1-propanol 4-aminobenzoate (H2N.C6H4.CO.O.(CH2)3N(C4H9)2). It is usually used as the sulfate salt.
Syn. -- butacaine sulfate.
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butadiene n. a gaseous hydrocarbon C4H6; -- it is used as a monomer unit in making synthetic rubbers.
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Butane (būtān), n. [L. butyrum butter. See .] (Chem.) An inflammable gaseous saturated hydrocarbon, C4H10, of the marsh gas, or paraffin, series.
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butanol (būtăn�l), n. a flammable alcohol (C4H9.OH) derived from butane and used as a solvent.
Syn. -- butyl alcohol.
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butch (bụch), adj. 1. markedly masculine in appearance or manner; -- used of men.
Syn. -- macho.
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2. same as . [pejorative]
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butch n. a lesbian who is noticeably masculine.
Syn. -- dyke.
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Butcher (bụchẽr), n. [OE. bochere, bochier, OF. bochier, F. boucher, orig., slaughterer of buck goats, fr. OF. boc, F. bouc, a buck goat; of German or Celtic origin. See the animal.] 1. One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food.
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2. A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle. “Butcher of an innocent child.” Shak.
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Coloq. Butcher's meat , such flesh of animals slaughtered for food as is sold for that purpose by butchers, as beef, mutton, lamb, and pork.
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Butcher, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Butchered (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Butchering.] 1. To kill or slaughter (animals) for food, or for market; as, to butcher hogs.
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2. To murder, or kill, especially in an unusually bloody or barbarous manner. Macaulay.
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[Ithocles] was murdered, rather butchered. Ford.
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3. to bungle badly; to botch; -- used also when an object is damaged (literally or figuratively) in an activity; as, the new choir butchered the hymn.
Syn. -- mangle. [PJC]

butcher bird, butcher-bird, butcherbird n. 1. (Zoöl.) any species of shrike of the genus Lanius, so called because they impale their prey on thorns.
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2. (Zoöl.) large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrikelike habit of impaling prey on thorns.
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☞ The Lanius excubitor is the common butcher bird of Europe. In England, the bearded tit is sometimes called the lesser butcher bird. The American species are Lanius borealis, or northern butcher bird, and Lanius Ludovicianus or loggerhead shrike. The name butcher bird is derived from its habit of suspending its prey impaled upon thorns, after killing it.
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Butchering, n. 1. The business of a butcher.
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2. The act of slaughtering; the act of killing cruelly and needlessly.
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That dreadful butchering of one another. Addison.
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Butcherliness (�), n. Butchery quality.
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Butcherly, a. Like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman; fell. “The victim of a butcherly murder.” D. Webster.
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What stratagems, how fell, how butcherly,
This deadly quarrel daily doth beget! Shak.
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Butcher's broom (�). (Bot.) A genus of plants (Ruscus); esp. Ruscus aculeatus, which has large red berries and leaflike branches. See .
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Butchery (�), n. [OE. bocherie shambles, fr. F. boucherie. See , n.] 1. The business of a butcher. [Obs.]
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2. Murder or manslaughter, esp. when committed with unusual barbarity; great or cruel slaughter. Shak.
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The perpetration of human butchery. Prescott.
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3. A slaughterhouse; the shambles; a place where blood is shed. [Obs.]
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Like as an ox is hanged in the butchery. Fabyan.
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Syn. -- Murder; slaughter; carnage. See .
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Butea n. a genus of East Indian trees or shrubs: dhak.
Syn. -- genus Butea.
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butene n. any of three isomeric singly unsaturated hydrocarbons C4H8; all are used in making synthetic rubbers; -- called also butylene.
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Buteo n. (Zoöl.) a genus of broad-winged soaring hawks.
Syn. -- genus Buteo.
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buteonine adj. relating to or resembling a hawk of the genus Buteo.
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buteonine n. any hawk of the genus Buteo.
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Butler (bŭtlẽr), n. [OE. boteler, F. bouteillier a bottle-bearer, a cupbearer, fr. LL. buticularius, fr. buticula bottle. See a hollow vessel.] An officer in a king's or a nobleman's household, whose principal business it is to take charge of the liquors, plate, etc.; the head servant in a large house.
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The butler and the baker of the king of Egypt. Gen. xl. 5.
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Your wine locked up, your butler strolled abroad. Pope.
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Butlerage (�), n. (O. Eng. Law) A duty of two shillings on every tun of wine imported into England by merchant strangers; -- so called because paid to the king's butler for the king. Blackstone.
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Butlership, n. The office of a butler.
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Butment (�), n. [Abbreviation of .] 1. (Arch.) A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier.
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2. (Masonry) The mass of stone or solid work at the end of a bridge, by which the extreme arches are sustained, or by which the end of a bridge without arches is supported.
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Coloq. Butment cheek (Carp.), the part of a mortised timber surrounding the mortise, and against which the shoulders of the tenon bear. Knight.
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{ Butt, 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. bōzan, akin to E. beat. See , v. t.] 1. A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
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Here is my journey's end, here my butt
And very sea mark of my utmost sail. Shak.
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☞ As applied to land, the word is nearly synonymous with mete, and signifies properly the end line or boundary; the abuttal.
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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 , n. sense 2.
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3. A mark to be shot at; a target. Sir W. Scott.
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The groom his fellow groom at butts defies,
And bends his bow, and levels with his eyes. Dryden.
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4. A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company.
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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.
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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.
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Coloq. Butt chain (Saddlery), a short chain attached to the end of a tug. -- Coloq. Butt end . The thicker end of anything. See But end, under 2d .
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Amen; and make me die a good old man!
That's the butt end of a mother's blessing. Shak.
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Coloq. A butt's length , the ordinary distance from the place of shooting to the butt, or mark. -- Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. Bead and butt . See under . -- Coloq. Butt and butt , joining end to end without overlapping, as planks. -- Coloq. 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 . -- Coloq. Full butt , headfirst with full force. [Colloq.] “The corporal . . . ran full butt at the lieutenant.” Marryat.
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Butt, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Butted; p. pr. & vb. n. Butting.] [OE. butten, OF. boter to push, F. bouter. See an end, and cf. .] 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 , n.]
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A snow-white steer before thine altar led,
Butts with his threatening brows. Dryden.
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Butt, v. t. To strike by thrusting the head against; to strike with the head.
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Two harmless lambs are butting one the other. Sir H. Wotton.
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Butt, n. [F. botte, boute, LL. butta. Cf. a hollow vessel.] A large cask or vessel for wine or beer. It contains two hogsheads.
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☞ A wine butt contains 126 wine gallons (= 105 imperial gallons, nearly); a beer butt 108 ale gallons (= about 110 imperial gallons).
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Butt, n. (Zoöl.) The common English flounder.
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Butte (�), n. [F. See a bound.] A detached low mountain, or high rising abruptly from the general level of the surrounding plain; -- applied to peculiar elevations in the Rocky Mountain region.
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The creek . . . passes by two remarkable buttes of red conglomerate. Ruxton.
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