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(1):

(v. t.) The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.

(2):

(adv. & conj.) Except with; unless with; without.

(3):

(adv. & conj.) Except; besides; save.

(4):

(adv. & conj.) Excepting or excluding the fact that; save that; were it not that; unless; - elliptical, for but that.

(5):

(adv. & conj.) Otherwise than that; that not; - commonly, after a negative, with that.

(6):

(adv. & conj.) Only; solely; merely.

(7):

(adv. & conj.) 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.

(8):

(prep., adv. & conj.) The outer apartment or kitchen of a two-roomed house; - opposed to ben, the inner room.

(9):

(n.) A limit; a boundary.

(10):

(n.) The end; esp. the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end. See 1st Butt.

(11):

(v. i.) See Butt, v., and Abut, v.

(12):

(v. t.) A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company.

(13):

(v. t.) A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; as, the butt of a ram.

(14):

(v. t.) 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.

(15):

(v. t.) The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.

(16):

(v. t.) A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.

(17):

(v. t.) The thicker end of anything. See But.

(18):

(v. t.) A mark to be shot at; a target.

(19):

(v. t.) The joint where two planks in a strake meet.

(20):

(v. t.) A thrust in fencing.

(21):

(v. t.) A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.

(22):

(v. t.) A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering; - also called butt joint.

(23):

(v. t.) The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.

(24):

(v. t.) The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.