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ˈbutt-cut U.S.
[butt n.3 2.]
a. The first portion of a tree cut off above the stump. Also fig., an important or a heavy man.
b. The section of tan-bark taken from the butt of a tree before felling it for further peeling (Terms Forestry & Logging 1905).
1830Northern Watchman (Troy, N.Y.) 19 Oct. (Th.), [He] weighs little short of 450 lbs. and is familiarly known as the But-cut. 1840J. P. Kennedy Quodlibet 172 Nebuchadnezzar couldn't beat him at a speech. He's the Butt cut of democracy. 1878J. H. Beadle Western Wilds x. 143 The ‘butt cut’ of the tree lies as it fell, the top reached by means of a ladder. 1948Country Gentleman May 177/1, I rived enough boards to kiver it from the butt-cuts. |