Bible Dictionaries
Butchering

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The act of slaughtering; the act of killing cruelly and needlessly.

(2):

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Butcher

(3):

(n.) The business of a butcher.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Butchering'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/butchering.html. 1828.