2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: But \But\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Butted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Butting}.] See {Butt}, v., and {Abut}, v. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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}.] [1913 Webster] And Barnsdale there doth butt on Don's well-watered ground. --Drayton. [1913 Webster] 2. To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See {Butt}, n.] [1913 Webster] A snow-white steer before thine altar led, Butts with his threatening brows. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
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