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Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (v. t.) Alt. of But.

2. (v. i.) To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut.

3. (v. i.) To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See Butt, n.]

4. (v. t.) To strike by thrusting the head against; to strike with the head.

5. (n.) A large cask or vessel for wine or beer. It contains two hogsheads.

6. (n.) The common English flounder.


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