but end

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but end - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  But \But\, n. [See 1st But.]
     1. A limit; a boundary.
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     2. The end; esp. the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in
        distinction from the sharp, end. Now disused in this
        sense, being replaced by butt[2]. See 1st Butt.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     But end, the larger or thicker end; as, the but end of a
        log; the but end of a musket. See Butt, n.
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