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B — Bulge to Byword (Part 9 of 12)

But, prep. Except, excepting.

But, ad. Only, no more than.

But, n.

    1. End (especially the larger end), but-end.
    2. Bound, boundary, mete, goal, limit.

Butcher, n.

    1. Slaughterer, flesher.
    2. Murderer, slayer, assassin, cut-throat, thug, bravo.
    3. Indiscriminate slayer, wholesale killer.

Butcher, v. a.

    1. Slaughter, kill for food, kill for the market.
    2. Murder barbarously, massacre, slaughter.
    3. Slay indiscriminately, kill by thousands.

Butchery, n.

    1. Murder, slaughter, massacre.
    2. Great slaughter, wholesale killing, carnage, enormous bloodshed.

But-end, n. Blunt end, but.

Butt, n.

    1. Mark, object, target, point aimed at.
    2. Laughing-stock.
    3. Stroke, blow.
    4. Cask, pipe.