butt : Idioms & Phrases

• the ordinary distance from the place of shooting to the butt, or mark.

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• (Carp.), framing in which the panels are flush, having beads stuck or run upon the two edges. Knight.

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• verb lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
  march; abut; edge; adjoin; butt; butt against; border.
  
  • Canada adjoins the U.S.
  • England marches with Scotland
• verb collide violently with an obstacle
  run into; jar against; bump into; knock against.
  
  • I ran into the telephone pole

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• joining end to end without overlapping, as planks.

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• (Saddlery), a short chain attached to the end of a tug.

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• noun thick end of the handle
  butt.
  

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• . The thicker end of anything. See But end, under 2d But.

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• noun a hinge mortised flush into the edge of the door and jamb
  

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Butt" hinge`

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1. See 1st Butt, 10.

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• verb break into a conversation
  put in; cut in; barge in; chisel in; break in; chime in.
  
  • her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation

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• noun a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping
  butt.
  

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Butt" joint`

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1. A joint in which the edges or ends of the pieces united come squarely together instead of overlapping. See 1st Butt, 8.

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• verb lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
  march; abut; edge; adjoin; butt; butt against; border.
  
  • Canada adjoins the U.S.
  • England marches with Scotland

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• noun a waist pack worn with the pouch in back
  fanny pack.
  

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• noun a blunt arrow without a barb; an arrow used for target practice
  

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Butt" shaft`

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1. An arrow without a barb, for shooting at butts; an arrow. Also but shaft. Shak.

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• noun a butt joint that is welded
  butt weld.
  

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• (Mech.), a butt joint, made by welding together the flat ends, or edges, of a piece of iron or steel, or of separate pieces, without having them overlap. See Weld.

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• noun creating a butt joint by welding
  butt welding.
  

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• noun a butt joint that is welded
  butt weld.
  
• verb join by a butt weld
  butt-weld; buttweld.
  

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• noun creating a butt joint by welding
  butt welding.
  
• verb join by a butt weld
  butt-weld; buttweld.
  

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But"ting joint`

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1. A joint between two pieces of timber or wood, at the end of one or both, and either at right angles or oblique to the grain, as the joints which the struts and braces form with the truss posts; -- sometimes called abutting joint.

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• (Conveyancing), abuttals and boundaries. In lands of the ordinary rectangular shape, butts are the lines at the ends (F. bouts), and bounds are those on the sides, or sidings, as they were formerly termed. Burrill.

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• noun small part of a cigar that is left after smoking
  

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• noun small part of a cigarette that is left after smoking
  

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• noun butt welding by creating an electric arc between the two pieces which melts and joins them; used for joining segments of metal pipe
  flash welding.
  

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• headfirst with full force. Colloq. "The corporal . . . ran full butt at the lieutenant." Marryat.

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Full"-butt" adverb

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1. With direct and violentop position; with sudden collision. Colloq. L'Estrange.

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• noun punishment inflicted by kicking the victim in the behind
  

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• noun the butt end of a rifle
  

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• (Naut.), a butt or cask with a large hole in it, used to contain the fresh water for daily use in a ship.

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• (Naut.), to loosen the end of a plank in a ship's bottom.

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• noun a butt set on end to contain water especially to store rainwater
  

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Wa"ter butt`

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1. A large, open-headed cask, set up on end, to contain water. Dickens.

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• (Bot.), an Australian tree (Eucalyptus longifolia), so named because of its fibrous bark.

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