but

1. adv. & conj. Except with; unless with; without. Source: opted

2. adv. & conj. Except; besides; save. Source: opted

3. adv. & conj. Excepting or excluding the fact that; save that; were it not that; unless; -- elliptical, for but that. Source: opted

4. adv. & conj. Otherwise than that; that not; -- commonly, after a negative, with that. Source: opted

5. adv. & conj. Only; solely; merely. Source: opted

6. adv. & conj. On the contrary; on the other hand; only; yet; still; however; nevertheless; more; further; -- as connective of sentences or clauses of a sentence, in a sense more or less exceptive or adversative; as, the House of Representatives passed the bill, but the Senate dissented; our wants are many, but quite of another kind. Source: opted

7. prep., adv. & conj. The outer apartment or kitchen of a two-roomed house; -- opposed to ben, the inner room. Source: opted

8. n. A limit; a boundary. Source: opted

9. n. The end; esp. the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end. See 1st Butt. Source: opted

10. v. i. See Butt, v., and Abut, v. Source: opted

11. v. t. A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end. Source: opted

12. v. t. The thicker end of anything. See But. Source: opted

13. v. t. A mark to be shot at; a target. Source: opted

14. v. t. A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company. Source: opted

15. v. t. A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; as, the butt of a ram. Source: opted

16. v. t. A thrust in fencing. Source: opted

17. v. t. A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field. Source: opted

18. v. t. A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering; -- also called butt joint. Source: opted

19. v. t. The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib. Source: opted

20. v. t. The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose. Source: opted

21. v. t. The joint where two planks in a strake meet. Source: opted

22. v. t. 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. Source: opted

23. v. t. The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks. Source: opted

24. v. t. The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice. Source: opted

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