except with; unless with; without.-except; besides; save.-excepting or excluding the fact that; save that; were it not that; unless; -- elliptical, for but that.-otherwise than that; that not; -- commonly, after a negative, with that.-only; solely; merely.-on the contrary; on the other hand; only; yet; still; however; nevertheless; more; further; -- as connective of sentences or clauses of a sentence, in a sense more or less exceptive or adversative; as, the house of representatives passed the bill, but the senate dissented; our wants are many, but quite of another kind.-the outer apartment or kitchen of a two-roomed house; -- opposed to ben, the inner room.-a limit; a boundary.-the end; esp. the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end. see 1st butt.-see butt, v., and abut, v.-a limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.-the thicker end of anything. see but.-a mark to be shot at; a target.-a person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company.-a push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; as, the butt of a ram.-a thrust in fencing.-a piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.-a joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering; -- also called butt joint.-the end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.-the portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.-the joint where two planks in a strake meet.-a kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; -- so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge.-the thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.-the hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.