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<blockquote>But this I read, that <b>but if</b> remedy Thou her afford, full shortly I her dead shall see. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- <er>But</er>, <er>However</er>, <er>Still</er>.</syn> <usage> These conjunctions mark <i>opposition</i> in passing from one thought or topic to another. <i>But</i> marks the opposition with a medium degree of strength; <as>as, this is not winter, <ex>but</ex> it is almost as cold; he requested my assistance, <i>but</i> I shall not aid him at present. <i>However</i> is weaker, and throws the opposition (as it were) into the background; <as>as, this is not winter</as>; it is, <i>however</i>, almost as cold; he required my assistance; at present, <i>however</i>, I shall not afford him aid. The plan, <i>however</i>, is still under consideration, and may yet be adopted. <i>Still</i> is stronger than <i>but</i>, and marks the opposition more emphatically; <as>as, your arguments are weighty</as>; <i>still</i> they do not convince me. See <er>Except</er>, <er>However</er>.</usage>

<note>&hand; "The chief error with <i>but</i> is to use it where <i>and</i> is enough; an error springing from the tendency to use strong words without sufficient occasio,."</note>

<i>Bain.</i>

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<hw>But</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>But</er>, <ets>prep</ets>., <ets>adv</ets>. & <ets>conj</ets>.]</ety> <def>The outer apartment or kitchen of a two-roomed house; -- opposed to <i>ben</i>, the inner room.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

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<hw>But</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See 1st <er>But</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A limit; a boundary.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The end; esp. the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end. See 1st <er>Butt</er>.</def>

<cs><col>But end</col>, <cd>the larger or thicker end; as, the <i>but end<i> of a log; the <i>but end<i> of a musket. See <er>Butt</er>, <tt>n.</tt></cd></cs>

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<hw>But</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Butted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Butting</er>.]</wordforms> <def>See <er>Butt</er>, <tt>v.</tt>, and <er>Abut</er>, <tt>v.</tt></def>

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<hw>Bu"tane</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>but</ets>yrum butter. See <er>Butter</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An inflammable gaseous hydrocarbon, C4H10, of the marsh gas, or paraffin, series.</def>

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<hw>Butch"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bochere</ets>, <ets>bochier</ets>, OF. <ets>bochier</ets>, F. <ets>boucher</ets>, orig., slaughterer of buck goats, fr. OF. <ets>boc</ets>, F. <ets>bouc</ets>, a buck goat; of German or Celtic origin. See <er>Buck</er> the animal.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle.</def> "<i>Butcher</i> of an innocent child."

<i>Shak.</i>

<cs><col>Butcher bird</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a species of shrike of the genus <spn>Lanius</spn>.</cd></cs>

<note>&hand; The <spn>Lanius excubitor</spn> is the common butcher bird of Europe. In England, the bearded tit is sometimes called the <i>lesser butcher bird</i>. The American species are <spn>L.borealis</spn>, or <i>northernbutcher bird</i>, and <spn>L. Ludovicianus</spn> or <i>loggerhead shrike</i>. The name <i>butcher bird</i>is derived from its habit of suspending its prey impaled upon thorns, after killing it.</note>

<cs><col>Butcher's meat</col>, <cd>such flesh of animals slaughtered for food as is sold for that purpose by butchers, as beef, mutton, lamb, and pork.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Butch"er</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Butchered</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb.n</tt>. <er>Butchering</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To kill or slaughter (animals) for food, or for market; <as>as, to <ex>butcher</ex> hogs</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To murder, or kill, especially in an unusually bloody or barbarous manner.</def>

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<blockquote>[Ithocles] was murdered, rather <b>butchered</b>. <i>Ford.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Butch"er*ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The business of a butcher.</def>