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Butt
·noun The common English flounder.
II. Butt ·vt ·Alt. of <<But>>.
III. Butt ·vt To strike by thrus...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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butt
A dependant, poor relation, or simpleton, on whom all kinds of practical jokes are played off; and w...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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butt
a bee-butt or hive. Exmoor.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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butt
The joining of two timbers or planks endways. Also, the opening between the ends of two planks when ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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End
·vt To <<Destroy>>; to put to death.
II. End ·noun One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brusse...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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End-
·- A combining form signifying within; as, endocarp, endogen, endocuneiform, endaspidean.
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End
In Heb. 13:7, is the rendering of the unusual Greek word ekbasin, meaning "outcome", i.e., death. It...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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butt-and-butt
A term denoting that the butt ends of two planks come together, but do not overlay each other. (See ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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end for end
Reversing cordage, casks, logs, spars, &c.
To shift a rope end for end, as in a tackle, the fall i...
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Butt hinge
·- ·see 1st Butt, 10.
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Butt joint
·- A joint in which the edges or ends of the pieces united come squarely together instead of overlap...
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Butt shaft
·- An arrow without a barb, for shooting at butts; an <<Arrow>>.
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Butt weld
·- ·see Butt weld, under <<Butt>>.
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Full-butt
·adv With direct and violentop position; with sudden collision.
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Water butt
·- A large, open-headed cask, set up on end, to contain water.
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full butt
With sudden collision. The figure is taken from the violent encounter of animals, such as rams or go...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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butt-bolt
See butt-shaft
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butt-shaft
, or butt-bolt
An arrow without a barb, used for shooting at a butt.
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caulking-butt
The opening between ends or joints of the planks when worked for caulking.
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close-butt
Where caulking is not used, the butts or joints of the planks are sometimes rabbeted, and fayed clos...
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oil-butt
A name for the black whale.
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By-end
·noun Private end or interest; secret purpose; selfish advantage.
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End-all
·noun Complete termination.
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Rope's-end
·vt To punish with a rope's end.
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Week-end
·add. ·noun The end of the week; specif., though loosely, the period observed commonly as a holiday,...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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fiddlestick's end
Nothing; the end of the ancient fiddlesticks ending in a point; hence metaphorically used to express...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fore-end
the beginning of a week, month, or year. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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gable-end
of a building, the end wall. General. See Baxter's Glossary, p. 1.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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pugging-end
(of a house)
the gable end. Devonsh.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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tacking-end
shoemaker's end.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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t'on-end
upright. It mult be set a t'on end. My wife keeps a t'on end yet : i. e. she is not brought to bed y...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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after-end
The stern of a ship, or anything in her which has that end towards the stern.
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an-end
The position of any spar when erected perpendicularly to the deck. The top-masts are said to be an-e...
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bitter-end
That part of the cable which is abaft the bitts, and therefore within board when the ship rides at a...
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end-on
Said particularly of a ship when only her bows and head-sails are to be seen, but generally used in ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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fag-end
Is the end of any rope. This term is also applied to the end of a rope when it has become untwisted....
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on end
The same as an-end (which see). Top-masts and topgallant-masts are on end, when they are in their pl...
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rope's end
The termination of a fall, and should be pointed or whipped. Formerly much used for illegal punishme...
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well-end
See pump-foot.
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hook and butt
The scarphing or laying two ends of planks over each other. (See butt-and-butt and hook-scarph.)
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Pope Lane End
According to Stow the parish church of saint Anne in the willowes lay on the north side of this lane...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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dead-on-end
The wind blowing directly adverse to the vessel's intended course.
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right on end
In a continuous line; as the masts should be.
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butt-slinging a bowsprit
See slings.
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end of a trench
The place where the trenches are opened.
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every rope an-end
The order to coil down the running rigging, or braces and bowlines, after tacking, or other evolutio...
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little end of the horn
'To come out at the little end of the horn,' is said when a ridiculously small effect has been produ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Left by Thomas Hinde, 1635, to the parson and churchwardens of the parish (End. Ch. St. Peter, 1903, p. 2).
No later mention.
Named after an owner or builder.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.