Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Abut"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Abut \A*but"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Abutted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Abutting}.] [OF. abouter, aboter; cf. F. aboutir, and also
abuter; a (L. ad) + OF. boter, buter, to push: cf. F. bout
end, and but end, purpose.]
To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to
meet; -- with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the
road.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

abut
v : lie adjacent to another; "Canada adjoins the U.S." [syn: {border},
{adjoin}, {edge}, {butt}, {butt against}, {butt on}]


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