abutv.

Brit.

/əˈbʌt/, U.S.

/əˈbət/

Forms: Middle English aboutie, Middle English– abut, 1500s aput, 1600s abbut, 1600s–1700s abutt.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from French. Etymons: French aboutier; French abutter.

Etymology: Probably a merger of borrowings of two etymologically distinct French verbs (which show some formal and semantic overlap in Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French): (i) Anglo-Norman aboutier, aboter, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French abouter, Old French, Middle French aboutir to look out (at), to look out (13th cent. in Anglo-Norman; compare isolated use in Old French in sense ‘to look at’, 11th cent. in Rashi), to adjoin, be adjacent to, border on (13th cent.), to place adjoining (14th cent.) < a to (see a- prefix⁵) + buter , boter , bouter butt v.¹ (ii) Anglo-Norman abutter, aboter, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French abuter to arrive (13th cent.), to adjoin, be adjacent to, border on (13th cent. in Anglo-Norman, 1431 in Middle French) < a to (see a- prefix⁵) + but end, goal (a borrowing < early Scandinavian: compare Old Icelandic bútr log: see butt n.⁶). Compare post-classical Latin abuttare (frequently from a1200 in British sources; from French). Compare also butt v.¹, butt v.²

1. intransitive. To stick out, to project. Cf. butt v.¹ 8.In quot. a1250 (of a person): to lean forward, as in looking out from a window or over a battlement.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > project or be prominent [verb (intransitive)]

tootc897

shootc1000

to come outOE

abuta1250

to stand outc1330

steek?c1335

risea1398

jutty14..

proferc1400

strutc1405

to stick upa1500

issuec1515

butt1523

to stick outc1540

jut1565

to run out1565

jet1593

gag1599

poke1599

proke1600

boke1601

prosiliate1601

relish1611

shoulder1611

to stand offa1616

protrude1704

push1710

projecta1712

protend1726

outstand1755

shove1850

outjut1851

extrude1852

bracket1855

to corbel out1861

to set out1892

pier1951

a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 27 Þe kerneaus of þe castle beoþ hire huses þurles, ne aboutie heo nout vt et ham.

1752 Cleora iii. i. 181 She lay in a little room, that abutted out towards the garden.

1849 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 143 It [sc.the road] abuts out upon the edge of the precipice, and is lost.

1878 Q. Rev. July 107 The solid pile of grey stone, commonly known as the Lollards' Tower, abuts out almost to the Embankment.

1910 Industr. Enterprise Jan. 6/2 It was a difficult task as the rim of the chimney abutted out from the perpendicular.

1959 R. G. Hubler True Love, True Love xv. 163 He stopped before the great bay window that abutted out.

2005 J. L. Cooke Getting by in Silent World vi. 225 Four great round cement pillars abutted out in front, two on either side of the cement staircase.

2. Of an estate, country, piece of land, etc.: to end at, border on (adjacent land, a neighbouring country, etc.).

a. intransitive. With on, upon, toward, against, in, or to.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > nearness > be near [verb (intransitive)] > be in contact > have same boundary

marchc1330

abut1399

coastc1400

adjoin?1523

confine1523

marchese1525

abuttal1545

touch1567

confront1601

conterminate1637

1399 in C. T. Clay Yorks. Deeds (1923) 121 (MED) Tofts abutting on le Castilhill in Rastryk.

1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 31 Wich vij acres lith in ij pecys, the endys abbuttyng to ward the sexteyn's medwe.

c1463 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 461 A pece of pastor..abuttynge to Hogge medew on the northe.

a1500 (a1451) in Ld. Clermont Wks. J. Fortescue (1869) I. 550 (MED) Ye shall undyrstand how the dyvers costs of Englond by the see syde abuttyth agenst the costs of other lands on the other syde of the see..Dover abuttyth agenste Caleyse..The Iland of Wyght abuttyth agenst Harflete.

1550 W. Lynne tr. J. Funke Actes & Hist. Worlde 1532–50 in tr. J. Carion Thre Bks. Cronicles f. ccv^v The cytye of Epiphania..lyeth in the ende of the lande of Cilicia, and abutteth vpon Syria.

1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 60^v Marishes are commonly called those low grounds, which abut vpon the Sea.

1601 A. Winthrop Diary (1925) 102 For a Crofte of lande lately Peter Salmos abbutinge uppon Wrangland.

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. ii. 22 The land alotted him [sc. Ishmael] ranged out so far, that the bounds and borders thereof abutted on all his kindred.

1719 tr. C.-A. La Fare Mem. & Refl. Reign Lewis XIVth vii. 110 A little Ravine, which abutted upon the Village du Fey on one side.

1789 G. White Nat. Hist. Selborne 1 Being very large and extensive it [sc. Selborne parish] abuts on twelve parishes.

1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. I. iii. iii. 297 Such is the region which abuts upon the Yorkshire dales.

1866 Times 24 Feb. 15/1 (advt.) Freehold Building Land, abutting in the Westminster-bridge and Vauxhall roads.

1910 E. M. Forster Howards End xi. 86 The cottage that abutted on the churchyard was empty, and no other house stood near.

1962 R. W. Finn in H. C. Darby & E. M. J. Campbell Domesday Geogr. South-East Eng. 291 The whole forming a considerable tract abutting on the Sussex border.

2008 B. Charton Facts on File Dict. Marine Sci. at Eurasian Plate The southern edge of the plate abuts on the Iran, Arabian, Turkey, Hellenic, and Adriatic Plates.

b. transitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > nearness > be near to [verb (transitive)] > be in contact with > border on > at the end

butt1315

abut1659

1659 J. Davies tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Hymen's Præludia: 9th & 10th Pts. ix. ii. 52 From this place, by the means of twelve spacious walks, which abutt there, may be seen all the extremities of the Garden.

1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. at Abbuttals The Plaintiff hath failed in his Abuttals, that is, In setting forth how his Land, is abutted and bounded.

1846 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 7 ii. 562 The north-eastern extremity of this argillaceous range is abutted with the Vron and Bronigarth limeworks.

1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 31 May 2/2 The Rotherhithe Baths, abutting Southwark Park.

1922 R. F. Pettigrew Imperial Washington xxv. 341 The Gulf of Fonesca abuts Nicaragua and it abuts San Salvador.

1968 Rehabilitating Narcotics Addict (Inst. Rehabilitation Narcotic Addict) vii. 303 The Southwestern Fairfield area..abuts the border of New York.

2001 N.Y. Mag. 30 July 32/1 Pristine forests abut shimmering salt marshlands and streets lined with homes.

3. Of an object, esp. a part of a building: to touch (something) with a projecting end or point; to end on; to lean against at one end for rest or support. Also figurative.Properly said of the end or corner of an object projecting so as to touch or lean on the side of another.

a. intransitive. With upon, on, or against.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > nearness > be near [verb (intransitive)] > be in contact

meet?a1300

touch?c1425

apply?a1439

abut1492

abut1826

contact1876

1492–3 in M. Bateson Rec. Borough Leicester (1901) II. 337 Item the seyde Saint Margitts gylde holdythe vpone the towne dyke in lengith after the walle vii^xx & vi fotte, & abuttith vpone the buttes, & in breede xl fotte.

1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 201 It is made of stone, with foure dores that abutteth upon the three calseys.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xiii. 92 If their last sillables abut not vpon the consonant in the beginning of another word.

1658 J. Collins Sector on Quadrant 216 The Scale of Entrance standing within the Projection, and abutting on the Line of Sines, is no other but a portion of a Line of Sines.

1722 N. Bailey Antiq. London & Westm. iii. 11 It [sc. the border of London and Middlesex] comes to London-wall, where it abuts upon the Tower-Liberty, and there it ends.

1774 W. Gostling Walk Canterbury xvi. 77 This [tower] belongs to the palace, the bound line being a very capricious one..till it abutts against the wall.

1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 348 Tertiary strata of the older Pliocene epoch abut against vertical mica-schist.

1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 281/2 In the Ostrich the last rib abuts against the ilium.

1868 H. H. Milman Ann. St. Paul's Cathedral viii. 190 The Chapter House abutted on the south aisle of the Cathedral.

1932 S. Gibbons Cold Comfort Farm iii. 34 The bull's shed abutted upon the right corner of the diary.

1956 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Antiquaries Ireland 86 158 Rarely do we find transept chapels abutting on the choir.

2003 S. D. Markman Jewish Remnants in Spain x. 69 Another projecting section abuts on the north side of the prayer hall.

b. transitive.

ΚΠ

1713 R. North Disc. Fish & Fish-ponds v. 12 They [sc. sluices] are apt to prove leaky..unless they are extraordinarily well abutted.

1793 Z. Cozens Tour through Isle of Thanet ii. 423 A row of four [stones] which abut the rail before the communion table.

1854 Encycl. Brit. VII. 324 The piers of the clerestory..are abutted by flying buttresses.

1864 Athenæum No. 1929. 505/3 The arches are abutted by outstanding structures.

1921 Alpine Jrnl 33 173 We found ourselves at a corner where a buttress abuts a wall.

1957 Jrnl Near Eastern Stud. 16 54 The actual side walls of the passage have disappeared, but the areas along which they abutted the..façade are still conspicuous.

1992 National Trust Mag. Spring 34/2 Particular attention was paid to methods of construction..as well as to how walls abut each other.

4. transitive. To cause (something) to abut; to lean or press (an object) on or against (something); to bring (two things) together.

ΚΠ

1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 170 From thence turning your imaginarie line, and abutting the end in the principalitie of Adel..you shall finde this Empire [sc. Prester John] to containe in compasse 672. leagues.

1788 T. Pownall Notices & Descr. Antiq. Provincia Romana of Gaul 195 It [sc. a bridge] is constructed with a complete arch..abutted on two rocks.

1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 378 Such a face..can have been produced only by having been abutted against some stratified rock.

1843 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancement Sci. 1842 Notices & Abstr. 112 These are kept pressed against the ground by means of 1080 mall screws, which admit of being abutted against the front of each frame.

1903 Jrnl. New Eng. Water Wks. Assoc. 17 154 The easterly end of the dam was abutted against an ideal ledge skewback or buttress of hard granite.

1937 A. F. Downing Early Homes Rhode Island 20 Sometimes the lean-to was abutted against the chimney end of the house.

2006 Threads July 43 Lay both pattern pieces right sides up, abutting the vertical seamlines at the upper, mismatched end.

5. intransitive. Of two or more objects: to meet, touch, to be adjacent; (of two or more pieces of land, etc.) to border on one another (at a particular point).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > nearness > be near [verb (intransitive)] > be adjacent

joinc1325

adjoin1425

marge1494

limit1613

sidea1647

verge1789

abut1826

the world > space > distance > nearness > be near [verb (intransitive)] > be in contact

meet?a1300

touch?c1425

apply?a1439

abut1492

abut1826

contact1876

1826 P. Nicholson Pract. Carpentry ii. 33 The principal rafters and straining-beam abut end to end.

1888 Trans. Wisconsin State Agric. Soc. 26 344 If they abut at ends they can be made secure by nailing short pieces of boards on the sides over the joints.

1913 Proc. 6th Ann. Conf. National Tax Assoc. 358 The only factor making for a difference in actual value, is a slightly differing site value;..but this factor disappears where the lands abut.

1983 Boston Globe 23 July In the first section, five buildings abut, each housing anywhere from two to five enclosed garages that are placed around a courtyard entrance.

2001 P. Mattheissen Birds of Heaven i. 37 Where the two tracts abut in the northeast corner of the lake is a promising location for an international reserve.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	abut
释义	abutv. Brit. /əˈbʌt/, U.S. /əˈbət/ Forms: Middle English aboutie, Middle English– abut, 1500s aput, 1600s abbut, 1600s–1700s abutt. Origin: Probably a borrowing from French. Etymons: French aboutier; French abutter. Etymology: Probably a merger of borrowings of two etymologically distinct French verbs (which show some formal and semantic overlap in Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French): (i) Anglo-Norman aboutier, aboter, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French abouter, Old French, Middle French aboutir to look out (at), to look out (13th cent. in Anglo-Norman; compare isolated use in Old French in sense ‘to look at’, 11th cent. in Rashi), to adjoin, be adjacent to, border on (13th cent.), to place adjoining (14th cent.) < a to (see a- prefix⁵) + buter , boter , bouter butt v.¹ (ii) Anglo-Norman abutter, aboter, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French abuter to arrive (13th cent.), to adjoin, be adjacent to, border on (13th cent. in Anglo-Norman, 1431 in Middle French) < a to (see a- prefix⁵) + but end, goal (a borrowing < early Scandinavian: compare Old Icelandic bútr log: see butt n.⁶). Compare post-classical Latin abuttare (frequently from a1200 in British sources; from French). Compare also butt v.¹, butt v.² 1. intransitive. To stick out, to project. Cf. butt v.¹ 8.In quot. a1250 (of a person): to lean forward, as in looking out from a window or over a battlement. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > project or be prominent [verb (intransitive)] tootc897 shootc1000 to come outOE abuta1250 to stand outc1330 steek?c1335 risea1398 jutty14.. proferc1400 strutc1405 to stick upa1500 issuec1515 butt1523 to stick outc1540 jut1565 to run out1565 jet1593 gag1599 poke1599 proke1600 boke1601 prosiliate1601 relish1611 shoulder1611 to stand offa1616 protrude1704 push1710 projecta1712 protend1726 outstand1755 shove1850 outjut1851 extrude1852 bracket1855 to corbel out1861 to set out1892 pier1951 a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 27 Þe kerneaus of þe castle beoþ hire huses þurles, ne aboutie heo nout vt et ham. 1752 Cleora iii. i. 181 She lay in a little room, that abutted out towards the garden. 1849 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 143 It [sc.the road] abuts out upon the edge of the precipice, and is lost. 1878 Q. Rev. July 107 The solid pile of grey stone, commonly known as the Lollards' Tower, abuts out almost to the Embankment. 1910 Industr. Enterprise Jan. 6/2 It was a difficult task as the rim of the chimney abutted out from the perpendicular. 1959 R. G. Hubler True Love, True Love xv. 163 He stopped before the great bay window that abutted out. 2005 J. L. Cooke Getting by in Silent World vi. 225 Four great round cement pillars abutted out in front, two on either side of the cement staircase. 2. Of an estate, country, piece of land, etc.: to end at, border on (adjacent land, a neighbouring country, etc.). a. intransitive. With on, upon, toward, against, in, or to. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > be near [verb (intransitive)] > be in contact > have same boundary marchc1330 abut1399 coastc1400 adjoin?1523 confine1523 marchese1525 abuttal1545 touch1567 confront1601 conterminate1637 1399 in C. T. Clay Yorks. Deeds (1923) 121 (MED) Tofts abutting on le Castilhill in Rastryk. 1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 31 Wich vij acres lith in ij pecys, the endys abbuttyng to ward the sexteyn's medwe. c1463 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 461 A pece of pastor..abuttynge to Hogge medew on the northe. a1500 (a1451) in Ld. Clermont Wks. J. Fortescue (1869) I. 550 (MED) Ye shall undyrstand how the dyvers costs of Englond by the see syde abuttyth agenst the costs of other lands on the other syde of the see..Dover abuttyth agenste Caleyse..The Iland of Wyght abuttyth agenst Harflete. 1550 W. Lynne tr. J. Funke Actes & Hist. Worlde 1532–50 in tr. J. Carion Thre Bks. Cronicles f. ccv^v The cytye of Epiphania..lyeth in the ende of the lande of Cilicia, and abutteth vpon Syria. 1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 60^v Marishes are commonly called those low grounds, which abut vpon the Sea. 1601 A. Winthrop Diary (1925) 102 For a Crofte of lande lately Peter Salmos abbutinge uppon Wrangland. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. ii. 22 The land alotted him [sc. Ishmael] ranged out so far, that the bounds and borders thereof abutted on all his kindred. 1719 tr. C.-A. La Fare Mem. & Refl. Reign Lewis XIVth vii. 110 A little Ravine, which abutted upon the Village du Fey on one side. 1789 G. White Nat. Hist. Selborne 1 Being very large and extensive it [sc. Selborne parish] abuts on twelve parishes. 1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. I. iii. iii. 297 Such is the region which abuts upon the Yorkshire dales. 1866 Times 24 Feb. 15/1 (advt.) Freehold Building Land, abutting in the Westminster-bridge and Vauxhall roads. 1910 E. M. Forster Howards End xi. 86 The cottage that abutted on the churchyard was empty, and no other house stood near. 1962 R. W. Finn in H. C. Darby & E. M. J. Campbell Domesday Geogr. South-East Eng. 291 The whole forming a considerable tract abutting on the Sussex border. 2008 B. Charton Facts on File Dict. Marine Sci. at Eurasian Plate The southern edge of the plate abuts on the Iran, Arabian, Turkey, Hellenic, and Adriatic Plates. b. transitive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > be near to [verb (transitive)] > be in contact with > border on > at the end butt1315 abut1659 1659 J. Davies tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Hymen's Præludia: 9th & 10th Pts. ix. ii. 52 From this place, by the means of twelve spacious walks, which abutt there, may be seen all the extremities of the Garden. 1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. at Abbuttals The Plaintiff hath failed in his Abuttals, that is, In setting forth how his Land, is abutted and bounded. 1846 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 7 ii. 562 The north-eastern extremity of this argillaceous range is abutted with the Vron and Bronigarth limeworks. 1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 31 May 2/2 The Rotherhithe Baths, abutting Southwark Park. 1922 R. F. Pettigrew Imperial Washington xxv. 341 The Gulf of Fonesca abuts Nicaragua and it abuts San Salvador. 1968 Rehabilitating Narcotics Addict (Inst. Rehabilitation Narcotic Addict) vii. 303 The Southwestern Fairfield area..abuts the border of New York. 2001 N.Y. Mag. 30 July 32/1 Pristine forests abut shimmering salt marshlands and streets lined with homes. 3. Of an object, esp. a part of a building: to touch (something) with a projecting end or point; to end on; to lean against at one end for rest or support. Also figurative.Properly said of the end or corner of an object projecting so as to touch or lean on the side of another. a. intransitive. With upon, on, or against. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > be near [verb (intransitive)] > be in contact meet?a1300 touch?c1425 apply?a1439 abut1492 abut1826 contact1876 1492–3 in M. Bateson Rec. Borough Leicester (1901) II. 337 Item the seyde Saint Margitts gylde holdythe vpone the towne dyke in lengith after the walle vii^xx & vi fotte, & abuttith vpone the buttes, & in breede xl fotte. 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 201 It is made of stone, with foure dores that abutteth upon the three calseys. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xiii. 92 If their last sillables abut not vpon the consonant in the beginning of another word. 1658 J. Collins Sector on Quadrant 216 The Scale of Entrance standing within the Projection, and abutting on the Line of Sines, is no other but a portion of a Line of Sines. 1722 N. Bailey Antiq. London & Westm. iii. 11 It [sc. the border of London and Middlesex] comes to London-wall, where it abuts upon the Tower-Liberty, and there it ends. 1774 W. Gostling Walk Canterbury xvi. 77 This [tower] belongs to the palace, the bound line being a very capricious one..till it abutts against the wall. 1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 348 Tertiary strata of the older Pliocene epoch abut against vertical mica-schist. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 281/2 In the Ostrich the last rib abuts against the ilium. 1868 H. H. Milman Ann. St. Paul's Cathedral viii. 190 The Chapter House abutted on the south aisle of the Cathedral. 1932 S. Gibbons Cold Comfort Farm iii. 34 The bull's shed abutted upon the right corner of the diary. 1956 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Antiquaries Ireland 86 158 Rarely do we find transept chapels abutting on the choir. 2003 S. D. Markman Jewish Remnants in Spain x. 69 Another projecting section abuts on the north side of the prayer hall. b. transitive. ΚΠ 1713 R. North Disc. Fish & Fish-ponds v. 12 They [sc. sluices] are apt to prove leaky..unless they are extraordinarily well abutted. 1793 Z. Cozens Tour through Isle of Thanet ii. 423 A row of four [stones] which abut the rail before the communion table. 1854 Encycl. Brit. VII. 324 The piers of the clerestory..are abutted by flying buttresses. 1864 Athenæum No. 1929. 505/3 The arches are abutted by outstanding structures. 1921 Alpine Jrnl 33 173 We found ourselves at a corner where a buttress abuts a wall. 1957 Jrnl Near Eastern Stud. 16 54 The actual side walls of the passage have disappeared, but the areas along which they abutted the..façade are still conspicuous. 1992 National Trust Mag. Spring 34/2 Particular attention was paid to methods of construction..as well as to how walls abut each other. 4. transitive. To cause (something) to abut; to lean or press (an object) on or against (something); to bring (two things) together. ΚΠ 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 170 From thence turning your imaginarie line, and abutting the end in the principalitie of Adel..you shall finde this Empire [sc. Prester John] to containe in compasse 672. leagues. 1788 T. Pownall Notices & Descr. Antiq. Provincia Romana of Gaul 195 It [sc. a bridge] is constructed with a complete arch..abutted on two rocks. 1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 378 Such a face..can have been produced only by having been abutted against some stratified rock. 1843 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancement Sci. 1842 Notices & Abstr. 112 These are kept pressed against the ground by means of 1080 mall screws, which admit of being abutted against the front of each frame. 1903 Jrnl. New Eng. Water Wks. Assoc. 17 154 The easterly end of the dam was abutted against an ideal ledge skewback or buttress of hard granite. 1937 A. F. Downing Early Homes Rhode Island 20 Sometimes the lean-to was abutted against the chimney end of the house. 2006 Threads July 43 Lay both pattern pieces right sides up, abutting the vertical seamlines at the upper, mismatched end. 5. intransitive. Of two or more objects: to meet, touch, to be adjacent; (of two or more pieces of land, etc.) to border on one another (at a particular point). ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > be near [verb (intransitive)] > be adjacent joinc1325 adjoin1425 marge1494 limit1613 sidea1647 verge1789 abut1826 the world > space > distance > nearness > be near [verb (intransitive)] > be in contact meet?a1300 touch?c1425 apply?a1439 abut1492 abut1826 contact1876 1826 P. Nicholson Pract. Carpentry ii. 33 The principal rafters and straining-beam abut end to end. 1888 Trans. Wisconsin State Agric. Soc. 26 344 If they abut at ends they can be made secure by nailing short pieces of boards on the sides over the joints. 1913 Proc. 6th Ann. Conf. National Tax Assoc. 358 The only factor making for a difference in actual value, is a slightly differing site value;..but this factor disappears where the lands abut. 1983 Boston Globe 23 July In the first section, five buildings abut, each housing anywhere from two to five enclosed garages that are placed around a courtyard entrance. 2001 P. Mattheissen Birds of Heaven i. 37 Where the two tracts abut in the northeast corner of the lake is a promising location for an international reserve. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.a1250
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