Butt

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The common English flounder.

II. Butt ·vt ·Alt. of But.

III. Butt ·vt To strike by thrusting the head against; to strike with the head.

IV. Butt ·noun A large cask or vessel for wine or beer. It contains two hogsheads.

V. Butt ·vi To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See Butt, ·noun ].

VI. Butt ·vi To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to Terminate; to be bounded; to Abut.

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·- ·see Butt weld, under <<Butt>>. ...

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butt-shaft
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