Helen Fenton

Butting joint: Definition and part of speech

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Butting joint

  1. A joint between two pieces of timber or wood, at the end of one or both, and either at right angles or oblique to the grain, as the joints which the struts and braces form with the truss posts; — sometimes called abutting joint.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Butt joint: Definition and part of speech

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Butt joint

  1. A joint in which the edges or ends of the pieces united come squarely together instead of overlapping. See 1st Butt, 8.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Buttock: Definition and part of speech

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Buttock

  1. n. The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern.
  2. n. The part at the back of the hip, which, in man, forms one of the rounded protuberances on which he sits; the rump.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Butcher’s broom: Definition and part of speech

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Butcher’s broom

  1. A genus of plants (Ruscus); esp. R. aculeatus, which has large red berries and leaflike branches. See Cladophyll.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Butchery: Definition and part of speech

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Butchery

  1. n. A slaughterhouse; the shambles; a place where blood is shed.
  2. n. The business of a butcher.
  3. n. Murder or manslaughter, esp. when committed with unusual barbarity; great or cruel slaughter.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Butler: Definition and part of speech

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Butler

  1. n. An officer in a king’s or a nobleman’s household, whose principal business it is to take charge of the liquors, plate, etc.; the head servant in a large house.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Butlerage: Definition and part of speech

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Butlerage

  1. n. A duty of two shillings on every tun of wine imported into England by merchant strangers; — so called because paid to the king’s butler for the king.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.