'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]
Words containing 'But end'
- An end,
- End,
- End for end,
- End on,
- End-,
- Ended,
- Ending,
- In the end,
- Most an end,
- On end,
- To end up,
- To the end,
- be all and end all,
- end all,
- end up,
- no end,
- end-to-end,
- At loose ends,
- Bitter end,
- Butt end,
- By-end,
- Chump end,
- East End,
- End bulb,
- End fly,
- End man,
- End organ,
- End plate,
- End play,
- End stone,
- End-all,
- Ending day,
- Ends of the earth,
- Fore end,
- Gold end,
- Hearth ends,
- Hooding end,
- Rope's end,
- Stub end,
- Tail end,
- To be on her beam ends,
- To end in smoke,
- To put an end to,
- To the bitter end,
- Wax end,
- Waxed end,
- West End,
- World's end,
- back end,
- dead end,
- end corpuscles,
- end game,
- end matter,
- end of the world,
- end point,
- end product,
- end result,
- end run,
- end user,
- fag end,
- front end,
- gable end,
- hind end,
- inflectional ending,
- loose end,
- loose ends,
- means to an end,
- nerve end,
- nerve ending,
- never ending,
- odds and ends,
- rear end,
- scrag end,
- split end,
- sticky end,
- tag end,
- tight end,
- tone ending,
- East End, AR,
- Fag-end,
- Rope's-end,
- To have at one's fingers' ends,
- To make both ends meet,
- Week-end,
- West End, AL,
- West End, NY,
- World without end,
- be-all and end-all,
- beam-ends,
- box end wrench,
- bye-end,
- dead-end,
- end-plate,
- end-rhymed,
- end-stopped,
- end-user,
- free nerve ending,
- make ends meet,
- motor end plate,
- never-ending,
- open-ended,
- rear-end,
- war to end war,
- year-end,
- Gold-end man,
- closed-end fund,
- dead-end street,
- open-end credit,
- open-end fund,
- open-end wrench,
- West End-Cobb Town,
- closed-end investment company,
- open-end investment company,
- West End-Cobb Town, AL