GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   But, n. [See 1st But.]
   A limit; a boundary.
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   The end; esp. the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end. Now disused in this sense, being replaced by butt{2}. See 1st Butt. 
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   +PJC
   But end, the larger or thicker end; as, the but end of a log; the but end of a musket. See Butt, n.
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