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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: But \But\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Butted}; p. pr & vb n. {Butting}.] See {Butt}, v., and {Abut}, v. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}.] And Barnsdale there doth butt on Don's well-watered ground. --Drayton. 2. To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See {Butt}, n.] A snow-white steer before thine altar led, Butts with his threatening brows. --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Butting \But"ting\, n. An abuttal; a boundary. Without buttings or boundings on any side --Bp. Beveridge
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