Butting

3 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.
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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}.]
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              And Barnsdale there doth butt on Don's well-watered
              ground.                               --Drayton.
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     2. To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the
        head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See {Butt}, n.]
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              A snow-white steer before thine altar led,
              Butts with his threatening brows.     --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Butting \But"ting\, n.
     An abuttal; a boundary.
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           Without buttings or boundings on any side. --Bp.
                                                    Beveridge.
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