'But end' definitions:

Definition of 'But end'

From: GCIDE
  • But \But\, n. [See 1st But.]
  • 1. A limit; a boundary. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • But end, the larger or thicker end; as, the but end of a log; the but end of a musket. See Butt, n. [1913 Webster]