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BUT, _s._ Let, impediment, S. This is merely the _prep._ used as a substantive.

BUT AND, _prep._ Besides.

V. ~Botand~.

BUTER, b.u.t.tER, _s._ Bittern.

V. ~Boytour~.

b.u.t.t, _s._

1. A piece of ground, which in ploughing does not form a proper ridge, but is excluded as an angle, S.

2. A small piece of ground disjoined from the adjacent lands.

Fr. _bout_, end, extremity. L. B. _b.u.t.ta terrae_, agellus.

3. Those parts of the tanned hides of horses which are under the crupper, are called _b.u.t.ts_, probably as being the extremities, S.

BUTWARDS, _adv._ Towards the outer part of a room, S. B.

_Ross._

BWNIST, _adj._ Uppermost.

_Dunbar._

From _boon_, contr. from _abone_, above, corresponding to modern _boonmost_, uppermost, q. v. Belg. _bovenste_, id. from _boven_, above.

C

CA, CAW, _s._ A walk for cattle, a particular district, S. B.

V. ~Call~, ~Caw~, _v._

_Ross._

CA, _s._ A pa.s.s or defile between hills, Sutherl.

_Statist. Acc._