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1. but n.(1)

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(a) A boundary; fig. the end of life; (b) but ston, a stone marking a boundary. …

2. but conj. (also as quasi adj., adv., and prep.)

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(a) With noun: except, apart from, other than; non but, what is..but, who but; (b) with acc., dat., gen.: except, except for, except to, etc.; alon(e but, alone except for; laste but on, next to the……

3. but n.(2)

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(a) A blow, a thrust; (b) a cast or put (in the game of putting the stone); (c) ful but, a full blow; adv. squarely, point-blank, full tilt [cp. OF de plein bout]. …

4. but n.(3)

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An exception or objection. …

5. but(te n.(5)

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(a) A fish of the family Pleuronectidae, a flounder; (b) but tourte, a torte or pie containing this fish; -- used as personal name. …

6. but(t(e n.(1)

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(a) A wine cask; a cask of wine; (b) a cask for other commodities; a barrel of dates, salmon, etc.; (c) a cask or vat used by cloth-makers. …

7. but(t(e n.(3)

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(a) A small strip of land; (b) element in place names, esp., field names. …

8. nō-but adv., prep., & conj.

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(a) As adv.: only, merely; no-but onli, only; (b) as prep.: except, other than; (c) as conj.: unless, except that; ?truly, assuredly [1st quot.; ?L nisi misunderstood]; no-but if, unless. …

9. būt(e)-ward adj.

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Busy (doing sth.), trying (to do sth.). …

10. butten v.(1)

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(a) To push, strike, thrust; (b) to send (sb.) out, cast forth; throw oneself, plunge; (c) to put (sb. on a diet). …

11. bọ̄te n.(2)

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A boot, a covering for the foot and leg; also, a legging. …

12. bǒute(n adv. & prep.

Additional spellings: bouten
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(a) Outside of; binnen burgh and boute, within and without the town; (b) outside, outwardly. …

13. bọ̄te n.(1)

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(a) Advantage, help, profit, good, benefit; don bote, don of (on) bote, do (sb.) good, aid, be profitable to; for bote ne bale, for good or bad; londes bote, improvement of soil; to bote, for……

14. bọ̄telēs adj.(1)

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(a) Of a crime: not to be increased by a fine; ?unpardonable; (b) of evils or misfortunes: without remedy, hopeless, irreparable; (c) as noun: one who is beyond help. …

15. bēten v.(1)

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(a) To flog (sb.), beat, whip; (b) to punish (sb.). …

16. boterī̆(e n.

Additional spellings: boterie
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(a) A storeroom for wines or other liquors, cellar, butlery; also, the body of servants who keep and serve the liquor; (b) in personal names; (c) boteri dore, door of a butlery. …

17. buter(e n.

Additional spellings: butere
51 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Butter; bred and buter, buter and bred; (b) ingredient in medicines; cure for diseases, venom, etc.; buter i-washed, washing buter, purified or refined butter; (c) buter of Mai, Maies buter……

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