'Butting' definitions:
Definition of 'Butting'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Butting'
From: GCIDE
- Butt \Butt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Butted; p. pr. & vb. n. Butting.] [OE. butten, OF. boter to push, F. bouter. See Butt an end, and cf. Boutade.]
- 1. To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut. [Written also but.] [1913 Webster]
- And Barnsdale there doth butt on Don's well-watered ground. --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See Butt, n.] [1913 Webster]
- A snow-white steer before thine altar led, Butts with his threatening brows. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Butting'
From: GCIDE
- Butting \But"ting\, n. An abuttal; a boundary. [1913 Webster]
- Without buttings or boundings on any side. --Bp. Beveridge. [1913 Webster]