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Butt (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.]

And Barnsdale there doth butt on Don's well-watered ground.

Drayton.

2. To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See Butt, n.]

A snow-white steer before thine altar led,

Butts with his threatening brows.

Dryden.