Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Butting"

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

But \But\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Butted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Butting}.]
See {Butt}, v., and {Abut}, v.

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

Butt \Butt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Butted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Butting}.] [OE. butten, OF. boter to push, F. bouter. See
{Butt} an end, and cf. {Boutade}.]
1. To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to
terminate; to be bounded; to abut. [Written also {but}.]

And Barnsdale there doth butt on Don's well-watered
ground. --Drayton.

2. To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the
head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See {Butt}, n.]

A snow-white steer before thine altar led, Butts
with his threatening brows. --Dryden.

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

Butting \But"ting\, n.
An abuttal; a boundary.

Without buttings or boundings on any side. --Bp.
Beveridge.


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