(adv. & conj.) Excepting or excluding the fact that; save that; were it not that; unless; -- elliptical, for but that.
(adv. & conj.) Otherwise than that; that not; -- commonly, after a negative, with that.
(adv. & conj.) Only; solely; merely.
(adv. & conj.) 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.
(prep., adv. & conj.) The outer apartment or kitchen of a two-roomed house; -- opposed to ben, the inner room.
(n.) A limit; a boundary.
(n.) The end; esp. the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end. See 1st Butt.
(v. i.) See Butt, v., and Abut, v.
(v. t.) A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
(v. t.) The thicker end of anything. See But.
(v. t.) A mark to be shot at; a target.
(v. t.) A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company.
(v. t.) A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; as, the butt of a ram.
(v. t.) A thrust in fencing.
(v. t.) A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
(v. t.) A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering; -- also called butt joint.
(v. t.) The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.
(v. t.) The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.
(v. t.) The joint where two planks in a strake meet.
(v. t.) A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; -- so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge.
(v. t.) The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
(v. t.) The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
Example Sentences:
Shoe
Definition:
(n.) A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not extending so far up the leg.
(n.) Anything resembling a shoe in form, position, or use.
(n.) A plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to defend it from injury.
(n.) A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow.
(n.) A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill.
(n.) The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.
(n.) A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building.
(n.) The trough or spout for conveying the grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone.
(n.) An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill.
(n.) An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.
(n.) An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.
(n.) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; -- called also slipper, and gib.
(n.) To furnish with a shoe or shoes; to put a shoe or shoes on; as, to shoe a horse, a sled, an anchor.
(n.) To protect or ornament with something which serves the purpose of a shoe; to tip.
Example Sentences:
(1) In platform shoes to emulate Johnson's height, and with the aid of prosthetic earlobes, Cranston becomes the 36th president: he bullies and cajoles, flatters and snarls and barks, tells dirty jokes or glows with idealism as required, and delivers the famous "Johnson treatment" to everyone from Martin Luther King to the racist Alabama governor George Wallace.
(2) 39.5 per cent of children have had suitable foot for weight-bearing, with normal shoes, and 23, 25 per cent have had prosthesis for discrepancy.
(3) You could easily replicate the biggest threat he faces in the film by slipping off your shoes and taking a broom handle to a greenhouse.
(4) Less than 50% gained complete relief, however, and 58% experienced persistent discomfort in certain types of shoes.
(5) But this is how we live even before we are forced, through penury to claim: fine dining on stewed leftovers, nursing our one drink on those rare social events, cutting our own hair, patchwork-darned clothes and leaky shoes.
(6) And I have come to tell you this: the trends for this coming season will be extremely expensive furs, very high-heeled shoes and full-length ballgowns.
(7) A 5-year-old boy had accessory calcaneus (os trochleare) with pain, shoe pressure, and a varus position of the foot not reported previously.
(8) Across a dusty lot sits a heap of scrap metal, patrolled by a couple of emaciated dogs, while a toddler squats in the street, examining the sole of a discarded shoe.
(9) These include disease activity, presence or absence of symptoms, degree of deformity and resultant potential for complications, shoe intolerance, and level of activity.
(10) Founded in Belgium in 1953 it expanded into the UK by buying 47 Shoe City shops in 1998.
(11) It is concluded that the coefficient of limiting friction obtained during full-sole contact with the floor is a suitable means of distinguishing between tractional qualities of shoes.
(12) 50 runners with exertion induced injuries of the lower extremity were provided with appropriate running shoe insoles.
(13) In follow-up examination of 71 cases for periods longer than one year, 79 per cent of the patients showed that the UCBL shoe insert and the Helfet heel seat improved the clinical and roentgenographic appearance of the foot.
(14) Conservative treatment consists of exercises and shoe appliances.
(15) You will leave your house without your watch or wristband, but you will never leave your house without your shoes.” Blending in with existing apparel The challenge faced by Google Glass and other wearable technologies is that they rely on the user being prepared to wear an extra item of apparel.
(16) The Guardian witnessed one desperate vignette in Gevgeliya on Saturday: a Syrian woman in her 40s asking a fellow traveller for money to buy shoes as hers were in tatters.
(17) Having a British shoe designer to work with "felt like a really nice connection because we are opening in London," said Tom Mora, head of women's design, as a scrum of guests jostled for a better Instagram shot of the models behind him.
(18) There has been a marked decline in the purchase of formal shoes over the past decade.
(19) The only people we saw was a small party on snow shoes.
(20) I'm glad I didn't say I'd eat my shoe if one of Carragher and Terry didn't give away a penalty.