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butt1 (defs 1, 2).
Historical Examples
The Life and Adventures of Ben Hogan, the Wickedest Man in the World Benedict Hogan
The Champdoce Mystery Emile Gaboriau
A Millionaire of Yesterday E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Hunters’ Feast Mayne Reid
Spanish Arms and Armour Albert F. Calvert
Blue Jackets George Manville Fenn
The White Blackbird Hudson Douglas
Manco, the Peruvian Chief W.H.G. Kingston
The Fourth Watch H. A. Cody
Bardelys the Magnificent Rafael Sabatini
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a hinge for a door or the like, secured to the butting surfaces rather than to the adjacent sides of the door and its frame. Compare flap (def 20a). Historical Examples Handwork in Wood William Noyes noun a hinge made of two matching leaves, one recessed into a door and the other into the jamb […]
- Butt-out
to strike or push with the head or horns. to strike or push something or at something with the head or horns. to project. Machinery. (of wheels in a gear train) to strike one another instead of meshing. a push or blow with the head or horns. butt in, to meddle in the affairs or […]
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a joint formed by two pieces of wood or metal united end to end without overlapping. Historical Examples Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II Joshua Rose noun a joint between two plates, planks, bars, sections, etc, when the components are butted together and do not overlap or interlock. The joint may be strapped with […]
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