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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abut \A*but"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Abutted}; p. pr & vb n.
{Abutting}.] [OF. abouter, aboter cf F. aboutir and also
abuter; a (L. ad) + OF boter, buter, to push: cf F. bout
end and but end purpose.]
To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to
meet -- with on upon or against; as his land abuts on the
road.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
abut
v : lie adjacent to another; "Canada adjoins the U.S." [syn: {border},
{adjoin}, {edge}, {butt}, {butt against}, {butt on}]
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