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Definition of Butt against
1. Verb. Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary. "England marches with Scotland"
Generic synonyms: Adjoin, Contact, Meet, Touch
Specialized synonyms: Neighbor, Neighbour
Derivative terms: Abutment, Abutter, Border, Border, Butt, Edge, Edging, March
2. Verb. Collide violently with an obstacle. "I ran into the telephone pole"
Generic synonyms: Collide With, Hit, Impinge On, Run Into, Strike
Lexicographical Neighbors of Butt Against
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Literary usage of Butt against
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Volunteer's Hand Book: Containing an Abridgment of Hardee's Infantry by James Kendall Lee (1861)
"Turn the piece with both hands, the barrel to the front; bring it opposite the
left shoulder, the butt against the hip, the left hand at the lower band, ..."
2. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"In consequence of it, the bean* actually butt against each other, and having only
a small hole through them (not much over 4 in. in diameter), ..."
3. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"In consequence of it, the beams actually butt against each other, and having only
a small hole through them (not much over 4 in. in diameter), ..."
4. Infantry Tactics: For the Instruction, Exercise, and Manœuvres of the by Silas Casey (1863)
"... the butt against the hip, the left hand at the lower band, the thumb as high
as the chin and extended on the rammer; the piece erect and detached from ..."
5. Transactions of the Society, Instituted at London, for the Encouragement of by Society of Arts (Great Britain, Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1825)
"16, a pin or stud 19, which is fixed in one of the arms of the wheel e will also
butt against the detent 15, and prevent the wheel o from turning round; ..."
6. U. S. Infantry Tactics: For the Instruction, Exercise, and Manœuvres of the by United States War Dept (1863)
"Turn the piece with both hands, the barrel to the front; bring it opposite the
left shoulder, the butt against the hip, the left hand at ..."
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