To strike by thrusting, as with the end of a beam or heavy stick, or with the horns, tusks, or head, as an ox, a boar, or a ram; strike with the head.To strike anything by thrusting the head against it, as an ox or a ram; have a habit of striking in this manner.To join at the end or outward extremity; abut; be contiguous.Specifically, in ship-building, to abut end to end; fit together end to end, as two planks.Also spelled but.n. A push or thrust given by the head of an animal: as, the butt of a ram.n. A thrust in fencing.n. The end or extremity of a thing.n. In ship-building, the end of a plank or piece of timber which exactly meets another endwise in a ship's side or bottom; also, the juncture of two such pieces.n. In machinery, the square end of a connecting-rod or other link, to which the bush-bearing is attached.n. In carpentry, a door-hinge consisting of two plates of metal, or leaves, which interlock so as to form a movable joint, being held together by a pin or pintle.n. In agriculture: A ridge in a plowed field, especially when not of full length. Hence— A gore or gare. plural A small detached or disjoined parcel of land left over in surveying.n. In the leather trade, a hide of sole-leather with the belly and shoulders cut off; a rounded crop.n. A hassock.n. The standing portion of a half-coupling at the end of a hose; the metallic ring at the end of the hose of a fire-engine, or the like, to which the nozle is screwed.n. In target-shooting: In archery, a mark to shoot at. In rifle-practice, a wooden target composed of several thicknesses of boards, with small spaces between them, so that the depth to which bullets penetrate can be ascertained. In gunnery, a solid embankment of earth or sand into which projectiles are fired in testing guns, or in making ballistic experiments. plural The range or place where archery, rifle, or gunnery practice is carried on, in distinction from the field. See target.n. A person or thing that serves as a mark for shafts of wit or ridicule, or as an object of sarcastic or contemptuous remarks.n. A goal; a bound; a limit.n. In coal-mininig, the surface of the coal which is at right angles to the face.n. A shoemakers' knife.n. Also spelled but.To lay down bounds or limits for.To cut off the ends of, as boards, in order to make square ends or to remove faulty portions.To abut. See butt, verb, II., 2, 3.Also spelled but.n. A leathern bottle or flask; a bucket: in this sense only in Middle English, usually spelled bit or bitt.n. A large cask, especially one to contain wine.n. A measure of wine equal to 126 United States (that is, old wine) gallons; a pipe.n. A beehive.n. A cart.n. See but.n. In archery, the end of an arrow which is held against the bowstring in shooting: opposed to point.n. A shelter or concealment, built of blocks of peat or turf, for the gunner in grouse-driving on English and Scotch moors. Also called a battery.n. In the tobacco trade, a box 12 inches square, holding from 15 to 50 pounds.n. plural The ends or ‘cuttings’ of jute rejected by the manufacturer of cloth or bagging. They are used in making coarse kinds of paper.To challenge to a trial of skill in wood-cutting.In lumbering, to undertake, as a trial of skill, to cut off the butt-end of a prostrate log while an opponent is cutting through the smaller end.