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<hw>But"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Abbreviation of <er>Abutment</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Masonry)</fld> <def>The mass of stone or solid work at the end of a bridge, by which the extreme arches are sustained, or by which the end of a bridge without arches is supported.</def>

<cs><col>Butment cheek</col> <fld>(Carp.)</fld>, <cd>the part of a mortised timber surrounding the mortise, and against which the shoulders of the tenon bear.</cd></cs>

<i>Knight.</i>

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<hw><hw>Butt</hw>, <hw>But</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>but</ets> butt, aim (cf. <ets>butte</ets> knoll), or <ets>bout</ets>, OF. <ets>bot</ets>, end, extremity, fr. <ets>boter</ets>, <ets>buter</ets>, to push, butt, strike, F. <ets>bouter</ets>; of German origin; cf. OHG. <ets>b\'d3zan</ets>, akin to E. <ets>beat</ets>. See <er>Beat</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.</def>

<blockquote>Here is my journey's end, here my <b>butt</b> And very sea mark of my utmost sail. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; As applied to land, the word is nearly synonymous with <i>mete</i>, and signifies properly the end line or boundary; the abuttal.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The thicker end of anything. See <er>But</er>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A mark to be shot at; a target.</def>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<blockquote>The groom his fellow groom at <b>butts</b> defies, And bends his bow, and levels with his eyes. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; <as>as, the <ex>butt</ex> of the company</as>.</def>

<blockquote>I played a sentence or two at my <b>butt</b>, which I thought very smart. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; <as>as, the <ex>butt</ex> of a ram</as>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A thrust in fencing.</def>

<blockquote>To prove who gave the fairer <b>butt</b>, John shows the chalk on Robert's coat. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.</def>

<blockquote>The hay was growing upon headlands and <b>butts</b> in cornfields. <i>Burrill.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scrafing or chamfering; -- also called <i>butt joint</i>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.</def>

<p><b>9.</b> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld> <def>The joint where two planks in a strake meet.</def>

<p><b>10.</b> <fld>(Carp.)</fld> <def>A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; -- so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which <i>butts</i> against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called <i>butt hinge</i>.</def>

<p><b>11.</b> <fld>(Leather Trade)</fld> <def>The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.</def>

<p><b>12.</b> <def>The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.</def>

<cs><col>Butt chain</col> <fld>(Saddlery)</fld>, <cd>a short chain attached to the end of a tug.</cd> -- <col>Butt end</col>. <cd>The thicker end of anything. See <cref>But end</cref>, under 2d <er>But</er>.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>Amen; and make me die a good old man! That's the <b>butt end</b> of a mother's blessing. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>A butt's length</col>, <cd>the ordinary distance from the place of shooting to the <i>butt<i>, or mark.</cd> -- <col>Butts and bounds</col> <fld>(Conveyancing)</fld>, <cd>abuttals and boundaries. In lands of the ordinary rectangular shape, <i>butts<i> are the lines at the <i>ends<i> (F. <i>bouts<i>), and <i>bounds<i> are those on the <i>sides<i>, or <i>sidings<i>, as they were formerly termed.</cd> <i>Burrill</i>. -- <col>Bead and butt</col>. <cd>See under <er>Bead</er>.</cd> -- <col>Butt and butt</col>, <cd>joining end to end without overlapping, as planks.</cd> -- <col>Butt weld</col> <fld>(Mech.)</fld>, <cd>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 <er>Weld</er>.</cd> -- <col>Full butt</col>, <cd>headfirst with full force.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> "The corporal . . . ran <i>full butt<i> at the lieutenant." <i>Marryat</i>.</cs>

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