| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  b t |
| TRANSITIVE & INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: butt·ed, butt·ing, butts
To join or be joined end to end; abut. | | NOUN: | 1. A butt joint. 2. A butt hinge. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English butten, from Anglo-Norman butter (variant of Old French bouter; see butt1)and from but, endbutt4.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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