prep. | 1. | Except with; unless with; without. |
| 2. | Except; besides; save. |
| 3. | Excepting or excluding the fact that; save that; were it not that; unless; - elliptical, for but that. |
| 4. | Otherwise than that; that not; - commonly, after a negative, with that. |
| 5. | Only; solely; merely. |
| 6. | On the contrary; on the other hand; only; yet; still; however; nevertheless; more; further; - as connective of sentences or clauses of a sentence, in a sense more or less exceptive or adversative; as, the House of Representatives passed the bill, but the Senate dissented; our wants are many, but quite of another kind. |
n. | 1. | The outer apartment or kitchen of a two-roomed house; - opposed to ben, the inner room. |
| 1. | A limit; a boundary. |
| 2. | 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. |
v. i. | 1. | See Butt, v., and Abut, v. |