| 单词 | but end |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbut end Outside, outer, exterior. Usually in but end. Cf. but adv. 1b.Now effectively a compound use of the noun. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > [adjective] outwardeOE outwithc1225 outa1300 outermorea1425 withoutforthc1503 exterial1528 outforth?1541 butc1570 exterior1570 extrinsical1594 extrinsic1613 externala1616 outside1634 exoteric1662 extern1666 c1570 in W. Fraser Lennox (1874) II. 277 The butt dur. 1619 Sir R. Boyle in Lismore Papers (1886) I. 219 The but end of a great stone howse that was never fynished. 1862 R. H. Story in Athenæum 30 Aug. 270 He conducted me to the but end of the mansion. 1904 E. Rickert Reaper x. 113 With a crash the but-door banged open. 1918 T. Manson Humours of Peat Comm. I. ii. I would ask him to remember he is not in the butt end of a crofter's house, talking with his neighbour. 1966 D. Sutherland Against Wind i. iv. 70 The but end of the house was divided in the middle by a fireplace, the portion of the room farthest from the door being known as the in-by and the other half as the out-by. 1986 R. A. Jamieson Thin Wealth 106 Next morning, Barbara Glossop rose early, as her husband was preparing to leave for work. She looked out the tiny window of her but room. < as lemmas |
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