Definition of butt

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Butt (n.) A large cask or vessel for wine or beer. It contains two hogsheads.

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Foil :: Foil (n.) A blunt weapon used in fencing, resembling a smallsword in the main, but usually lighter and having a button at the point..
But :: But (v. t.) A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering; -- also called butt joint.
Oleomargarine :: Oleomargarine (n.) An artificial butter made by churning this oil with more or less milk.
Yellows :: Yellows (n.) A group of butterflies in which the predominating color is yellow. It includes the common small yellow butterflies. Called also redhorns, and sulphurs. See Sulphur..
Gunnel :: Gunnel (n.) A small, eel-shaped, marine fish of the genus Muraenoides; esp., M. gunnellus of Europe and America; -- called also gunnel fish, butterfish, rock eel..
Pierid :: Pierid (n.) Any butterfly of the genus Pieris and related genera. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage..
Phono :: Phono (n.) A South American butterfly (Ithonia phono) having nearly transparent wings.
Buttonmold :: Buttonmold (n.) A disk of bone, wood, or other material, which is made into a button by covering it with cloth..
Battler :: Battler (n.) A student at Oxford who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for, answering nearly to a sizar at Cambridge..
Battel :: Battel (v. i.) To be supplied with provisions from the buttery.
Pillau :: Pillau (n.) An Oriental dish consisting of rice boiled with mutton, fat, or butter..
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers, overcoats, etc., to conceal a row of buttons..
Aurelia :: Aurelia (n.) The chrysalis, or pupa of an insect, esp. when reflecting a brilliant golden color, as that of some of the butterflies..
Boutonniere :: Boutonniere (n.) A bouquet worn in a buttonhole.
Shank :: Shank (v.) A loop forming an eye to a button.
Shortening :: Shortening (n.) That which renders pastry short or friable, as butter, lard, etc..
Sycamore :: Sycamore (n.) The American plane tree, or buttonwood..
Dowel :: Dowel (n.) A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position..
Buttermen :: Buttermen (pl. ) of Butterma.
Viceroy :: Viceroy (prep.) A large and handsome American butterfly (Basilarchia, / Limenitis, archippus). Its wings are orange-red, with black lines along the nervures and a row of white spots along the outer margins. The larvae feed on willow, poplar, and apple trees..
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