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bǒute(n
adv. & prep.
Additional spellings:
bouten
42 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Outside of;
binnen burgh and boute
, within and without the town; (b) outside, outwardly.
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but
conj. (also as quasi adj., adv., and prep.)
396 quotations in 13 senses
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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…
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