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Butt end   /bət ɛnd/   Listen
noun
But, Butt  n.  
1.
A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end. "Here is my journey's end, here my butt And very sea mark of my utmost sail." Note: As applied to land, the word is nearly synonymous with mete, and signifies properly the end line or boundary; the abuttal.
2.
The larger or thicker end of anything; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp end; as, the butt of a rifle. Formerly also spelled but. See 2nd but, n. sense 2.
3.
A mark to be shot at; a target. "The groom his fellow groom at butts defies, And bends his bow, and levels with his eyes."
4.
A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company. "I played a sentence or two at my butt, which I thought very smart."
5.
A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; as, the butt of a ram.
6.
A thrust in fencing. "To prove who gave the fairer butt, John shows the chalk on Robert's coat."
7.
A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field. "The hay was growing upon headlands and butts in cornfields."
8.
(Mech.)
(a)
A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering; also called butt joint.
(b)
The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.
(c)
The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.
9.
(Shipbuilding) The joint where two planks in a strake meet.
10.
(Carp.) A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge.
11.
(Leather Trade) The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
12.
The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
13.
The buttocks; as, get up off your butt and get to work; used as a euphemism, less objectionable than ass. (slang)
Synonyms: ass, rear end, derriere, behind, rump, heinie.
Butt chain (Saddlery), a short chain attached to the end of a tug.
Butt end. The thicker end of anything. See But end, under 2d But. "Amen; and make me die a good old man! That's the butt end of a mother's blessing."
A butt's length, the ordinary distance from the place of shooting to the butt, or mark.
Butts and bounds (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.
Bead and butt. See under Bead.
Butt and butt, joining end to end without overlapping, as planks.
Butt weld (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.
Full butt, headfirst with full force. (Colloq.) "The corporal... ran full butt at the lieutenant."





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"Butt end" Quotes from Famous Books



... class and the working class have nothing in common; but on this occasion I learned that the preamble is mistaken. On this occasion I saw one thing in common between the employing class and the working class, and that thing was a black-snake whip. The butt end of the whip was in the hands of the employing class, and the lash of the whip was on the backs of the working class, and thus to all eternity was symbolized the truth about the relationship of ...
— 100%: The Story of a Patriot • Upton Sinclair
... Dr Solander had lost an opera glass in a shagreen case, and Mr Monkhouse his snuff box. This incident unfortunately put an end to the good-humour of the company. Complaint of the injury was made to the chief; and, to give it weight, Mr Banks started up, and hastily struck the butt end of his firelock upon the ground: this action, and the noise that accompanied it, struck the whole assembly with a panic, and every one of the natives ran out of the house with the utmost precipitation, except the chief, three women, and two or three others, who appeared ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 12 • Robert Kerr
... to where I was sitting and sat down. About twenty men then approached and drove their spears into the ground in a circle with the butts all leaning inwards. Many of the spears had a small piece broken off at the butt end. From these spears were then hung clubs, spears and shields, and native masks and fighting ornaments. An old chief then said they had given me their arms. Next they placed cloth, fishing nets and spears and other native ornaments inside the circle, and the same old chief said they had given me ...
— Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the Philippines • H. Wilfrid Walker
... when the boat stood on its head and piled us all up in the front end, but a chair struck me on the place where Fitzsimmons hit Corbett, and knocked the prayer all out of me, and when the boat stood on her butt end and we all slid back the whole length of the cabin, and I brought up under the piano, I tried to sing a hymn, such as I used to in the 'Piscopal choir, before my voice changed, but the passengers who were alive yelled for some one to choke me, and I didn't sing any more. Dad ...
— Peck's Bad Boy Abroad • George W. Peck
... a handful of boughs, string them on a stick which you have previously prepared (Fig. 4). This stick should be of strong, green hardwood, four or five feet long with a fork about six inches long left on it at the butt end to keep the boughs from sliding off, and sharpened at the upper end so that it can be easily poked through a handful of boughs. String the boughs on this stick as you would string fish, but do it one handful at a time, allowing the butts to point in different directions. ...
— Shelters, Shacks and Shanties • D.C. Beard


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