| Noah Webster's Dictionary 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. | Multi-Version Concordance Butt (2 Occurrences) 2 Samuel 2:23 But still he did not go to one side: so Abner gave him a back blow in the stomach with his spear, so that the spear came out at his back; and he went down on the earth, wounded to death: and all those who came to the place where Asahel went down dead, came to a stop. (See NAS RSV NIV) Psalms 21:12 For Thou makest them a butt, When Thy strings Thou preparest against their faces. (YLT) |