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Definition of Butt
| n. | 1. | A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end. | | 2. | The larger or thicker end of anything; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp end; as, the butt of a rifle. Formerly also spelled but. See 2nd but, n. sense 2. | | 3. | A mark to be shot at; a target. | | 4. | A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company. | | 5. | A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; as, the butt of a ram. | | 6. | A thrust in fencing. | | 7. | A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field. | | 8. | (Mech.) A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering; - also called butt joint. | | 9. | (Shipbuilding) The joint where two planks in a strake meet. | | 10. | (Carp.) A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; - so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge. | | 11. | (Leather Trade) The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks. | | 12. | The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice. | | 13. | The buttocks; as, get up off your butt and get to work; - used as a euphemism, less objectionable than ass. | | v. i. | 1. | To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut. | | 2. | To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See Butt, n.] | | v. t. | 1. | To strike by thrusting the head against; to strike with the head. | | n. | 1. | A large cask or vessel for wine or beer. It contains two hogsheads. | | 1. | (Zool.) The common English flounder. |
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