Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - butt
Butt
butt
1. v. & n. --v. 1 tr. & intr. push with the head or horns. 2 a intr. (usu. foll. by against, upon) come with one end flat against, meet end to end with, abut. b tr. (usu. foll. by against) place (timber etc.) with the end flat against a wall etc. --n. 1 a push with the head. 2 a join of two edges. Phrases and idioms butt in interrupt, meddle. Etymology: ME f. AF buter, OF boter f. Gmc: infl. by BUTT(2) and ABUT 2. n. 1 (often foll. by of) an object (of ridicule etc.) (the butt of his jokes; made him their butt). 2 a a mound behind a target. b (in pl.) a shooting-range. c a target. 3 a grouse-shooter's stand screened by low turf or a stone wall. Etymology: ME f. OF but goal, of unkn. orig. 3. n. 1 (also butt-end) the thicker end, esp. of a tool or a weapon (gun butt). 2 a the stub of a cigar or a cigarette. b (also butt-end) a remnant (the butt of the evening). 3 esp. US sl. the buttocks. 4 (also butt-end) the square end of a plank meeting a similar end. 5 the trunk of a tree, esp. the part just above the ground. Phrases and idioms butt weld a weld in which the pieces are joined end to end. Etymology: Du. bot stumpy 4. n. a cask, esp. as a measure of wine or ale. Etymology: AL butta, bota, AF but, f. OF bo(u)t f. LL buttis 5. n. a flat-fish (e.g. a sole, plaice, or turbot). Etymology: MLG, MDu. but flat-fish
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I. verb see: beat Date: 13th century intransitive verb to thrust or push headfirst ; strike with the head or horns, transitive verb to strike or shove with the head or horns, II. noun Date: 1647 a blow or thrust usually with the head or horns, III. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French but, bout, from Old Occitan bota, from Late Latin ~is Date: 14th century a large cask especially for wine, beer, or water, any of various units of liquid capacity, IV. noun Etymology: Middle English, partly from Middle French but target, of Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse būtr log, Low German ~ blunt; partly from Middle French bute goal, target, mound, from but target Date: 14th century 1. a backstop (as a mound or bank) for catching missiles shot at a target, target, range 5c, a blind for shooting birds, 2. limit, bound, goal , an object of abuse or ridicule ; victim , V. noun Etymology: Middle English; probably akin to Middle English ~ok ~ock, Low German ~ blunt Date: 15th century ~ocks, the large or thicker end part of something:, a lean upper cut of the pork shoulder, the base of a plant from which the roots spring, the thicker or handle end of a tool or weapon, 3. an unused remainder (as of a cigarette or cigar), cigarette, the part of a hide or skin corresponding to the animal's back and sides, VI. verb Etymology: partly from 4~, partly from 5~ Date: 1634 intransitive verb abut, transitive verb to place end to end or side to side without overlapping, to trim or square off (as a log) at the end, to reduce (as a cigarette) to a ~ by stubbing or stamping ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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