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†P1. but if: if not, unless, except; = sense C. 8a. Obsolete.Very common from 14th to 16th cent.

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OE tr. Bull of Pope Sergius I in W. de G. Birch Cartularium Saxonicum (1885) I. 155 Na hi..þær lætan þæne bisceop mæssan singan butan gyf he þyder cymð gelaþud of þam abbude.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1662 Þatt nohht ne maȝȝ ben don..But iff itt be wiþþ witt.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13193 We hit [sc. Rome] wulleð habben, beute ȝif þu wulle icnawen beo þat Arður is king ouer þe.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 7 He deþ aye þe heste..of holi cherche bote yef hit by uor zome nyede þet holi cherche granteþ.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1110 Hou schulde þou com to his kyth bot if þou clene were?

?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 13 But yef thei amende hem, the citee and the peple shulde be perysshed.

1510–13 Mery Geste of Frere & Boye sig. A.viii The boye wyll combre vs all But yf ye may hym chaste.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. v. sig. Q7^v He did not like that maides should once stirre out of their fathers houses, but if it were to milke a cow.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iii. sig. Dd8^v But if remedee, Thou her afford, full shortly I her dead shall see.

1601 T. Bodley in Lett. to T. James (1926) 22 I am hartely sorie, that yow are vexed with the stone... But if it be of the kidneis, the danger is not great.

†P2. but and.

a. But also, and also. Obsolete (Scottish in later use).

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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. xi. 20 Not onli the hurting..but and the looking bi drede slen. But and withoute these with o spirit thei myȝten ben slayn.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 595 I haf a bow, bot and a vyre.

a1505 R. Henryson Bludy Serk 12 in Poems (1981) 158 Meik bot and debonair.

1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1733) II. 181 A kame but and a kamingstock.

1828 P. Buchan Anc. Ballads & Songs N. Scotl. II. 35 She thought she heard a bairn greet, But and a woman's moan.

1839 Whistle-Binkie 2nd Ser. 75 In height an ell but an' a span.

b. But if. Also but and if. Cf. and conj.¹ 13. Obsolete.

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c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) l. 1790 But & thow crye or noyse make.

c1440 Prose Life Alexander (Thornton) (1913) 85 (MED) Bot and men schulde be commendid þat are oppressed wit disesse, þan sulde blynd men..ouer all oþer be commendid.

?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman i. ix. sig. K.ij^v But & thou array thy body sumptuously..thou canst nat be excused as chast in mynde.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Matt. v. 13 But and yf the salt haue lost his saltnes.

?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) i. xii. sig. D iij ^v But and if they bee of contrarie shadow, worke contrarely.

1638 J. Row Serm. 3 But and they [sc. Rome] had gotten their will, she [sc. Kirk of Scotland] wald a been sure of her Ladetties.

1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling i. §1. ⁋27 But and if on the other side they meet with one of too much sagacity.

1806 R. Jamieson Pop. Ballads I. 237 But and this black hour be past, I rede ye'll rue it sair.

1869 G. A. Simcox Poems & Romances 125 But and if they do not find, Then a bitter biting wind Chases them before the moon.

P3. but for: (as preposition) except for, with the exception of; were it not for.there but for the grace of God go I: see grace of God n. Phrases 2.The collocation but for occurs commonly with various senses of but and with for both as preposition and conjunction.

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c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15697 Hit likede wel þan kinge buten for ane þinge.

c1523 J. Rastell Expos. Terminorum Legum Anglorum sig. A7^v/2 Y^f they haue no estate but for terme of lyfe they shall pray in ayd of hym in the reuercion.

1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Diij^v These mine eyes..But for thy piteous lips no more had seene.

1630 T. Randolph Aristippus 25 The King of Russia had died of the wormes, but for a powder I sent him.

1667 S. Pepys Diary 30 May (1974) VIII. 243 Several of the Council..would come but for their attending the King.

1781 W. Cowper Let. 24 June (1979) I. 491 The delay has enabled me to add a piece of considerable length which but for the delay would not have made its appearance upon this Occasion. It answers to the name of Hope.

1815 J. Bentham Chrestomathia ii. 12 But for the apparent paradoxicality and antisentimentality, instead of economizing, minimizing would, in this case..have been inserted.

1885 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 29 291 But for the concurrent jurisdiction, the decision..would have been the other way.

1985 B. Neil As we Forgive x. 182 The room, empty but for Lydia sitting wrapped in blankets.

P4. but now: just now, only this moment. Now rare.

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a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Arun.) (1911) l. 1575 (MED) Ȝe weren brouȝt..Both tweyn But now this last nyght.

1532 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 24 We can do no lesse but now uppon the Kyngs revenue into his owne realme to gyve..thanks to Almightie God..for his prosperous..revenue.

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 248 He is heere (Sir) about the house, I saw him but now.

1669 Earl of Orrery Black Prince in Two New Trag. v. 61 Sir, and I but now did hear, That with this Gentleman you Angry were.

1712 T. Ellwood Davideis iv. i. 192 He, who but now was over Hot and Bold, Is now become to Her exceeding Cold.

1762 S. Foote Orators ii. 56 Was it yourself that was happing about here but now.

1823 W. Scott Peveril I. iv. 123 I attach thee of the crime of which thou hast but now made thy boast.

1859 W. Barnes Rhymes Dorset Dial. II. 7 Back here, but now, the jobber John Come by.

1948 L. MacNeice Holes in Sky 49 He is separate too, who had but now ascended Into the panarchy of created things Wearing his halo cocked.

1955 P. Sherwood St. Maximus the Confessor Intro. 29 Yet such an answer would completely evade the question that has but now been asked.

P5. but only.

†a. Introducing a word or (especially) a phrase which is excepted from the general statement: except; = sense C. 1. Formerly also but one. Obsolete.

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c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) l. 46 Ha nawiht ne þearf of oðer þing þenchen, bute ane of hire leofmon.

a1325 Statutes of Realm in MS Rawl. B.520 f. 96^v Þer me ne mai noȝt vochen warant out of þe lignage bote onliche trauersen þe Entree.

c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §23. 32 F is nat consideret but only [to] declare þat A sit euene ouere the pool.

a1475 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Laud) (1885) 122 It nedith not to..purvey, but only ffor the kynges house.

?1538 A. Fitzherbert Offices of Sheryffes sig. K.iiij The admyral hath no iurisdiccyon, but onely vpon the highe see.

1602 L. Lloyd Briefe Conf. Divers Lawes 27 There was no God but onely his maister.

1657 W. Prynne Exact Abridgem. Rec. Tower of London 16 It is enacted That no purveyance be made but only for the King.

1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece i. 2 No Appeal can be made, but only to the Senate.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 480 They took little care about it, but only to find men who would bear the charge.

b. Limiting a word or phrase: only; = sense B. 2a. Formerly also but alonely, but..only, only..but. Now rare.

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1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 5 Another litil flode, whiche drowned, but the contre of Egipte onely.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxviii. 280 I had but alonely my swerde in my hande.

1598 R. Barnfield Combat Consc. iv, in Encomion Lady Pecunia sig. D3 They are indeed, but onely meere Illusions.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. xi. 6 He onely liu'd but till he was a man.

1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 5 I finde but only two sorts of writings.

1682 J. Banks Vertue Betray'd ii. 17 Woolsey shall be king, I ask but only Seymour in Exchange.

1730 R. Millar Hist. Church under Old Test. iv. 501 Archelaus the son of Herod the Great was but only an Ethnarch.

1797 J. Woodforde Diary 1 Apr. (1931) V. 23 Having sold my Barley at 8/6 per Coomb. I recd. no cash but only a Corn Note.

1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 279 (footnote) Caring only but to catch the public eye with his coarse, presumptuous, ponderous, illiterate work.

1931 E. A. Wetherald Lyrics & Sonnets 215 You send across the hedge of reverence To me who see you only but to bless.

P6. In the subordinate clause (protasis) of a conditional sentence. if——did but know, did——but know: if——only knew.

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a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. vii. 18 Didst thou but know the inly touch of Loue.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. iii. 46 Did you but know the Citties Vsuries, And felt them knowingly.

1710 C. Shadwell Fair Quaker of Deal i. i. 6 If the Government did but know what a Swabb thou art.

1801 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) II. 745 If you did but know what a flutter the Old Moveable at my left Breast has been in, since I read your letter.

1992 J. Torrington Swing Hammer Swing! xxxii. 298 Maybe those frozen dadpoles down there on the manky floor had gotten lucky did they but know it.

2005 Church Times 15 Apr. 29/4 Ah, if they did but know the muddle that is in the writer's head.

P7. all but (as an adverb or adjectival phrase): see all adj., pron., n., adv., and conj. Phrases 23b. but that: see senses C. 7, C. 9, C. 10. but what: see what pron., adv., int., adj.¹, conj., and n. Phrases 1a.

单词	but only
释义	> as lemmas but only Phrases †P1. but if: if not, unless, except; = sense C. 8a. Obsolete.Very common from 14th to 16th cent. ΚΠ OE tr. Bull of Pope Sergius I in W. de G. Birch Cartularium Saxonicum (1885) I. 155 Na hi..þær lætan þæne bisceop mæssan singan butan gyf he þyder cymð gelaþud of þam abbude. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1662 Þatt nohht ne maȝȝ ben don..But iff itt be wiþþ witt. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13193 We hit [sc. Rome] wulleð habben, beute ȝif þu wulle icnawen beo þat Arður is king ouer þe. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 7 He deþ aye þe heste..of holi cherche bote yef hit by uor zome nyede þet holi cherche granteþ. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1110 Hou schulde þou com to his kyth bot if þou clene were? ?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 13 But yef thei amende hem, the citee and the peple shulde be perysshed. 1510–13 Mery Geste of Frere & Boye sig. A.viii The boye wyll combre vs all But yf ye may hym chaste. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. v. sig. Q7^v He did not like that maides should once stirre out of their fathers houses, but if it were to milke a cow. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iii. sig. Dd8^v But if remedee, Thou her afford, full shortly I her dead shall see. 1601 T. Bodley in Lett. to T. James (1926) 22 I am hartely sorie, that yow are vexed with the stone... But if it be of the kidneis, the danger is not great. †P2. but and. a. But also, and also. Obsolete (Scottish in later use). ΚΠ a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. xi. 20 Not onli the hurting..but and the looking bi drede slen. But and withoute these with o spirit thei myȝten ben slayn. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 595 I haf a bow, bot and a vyre. a1505 R. Henryson Bludy Serk 12 in Poems (1981) 158 Meik bot and debonair. 1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1733) II. 181 A kame but and a kamingstock. 1828 P. Buchan Anc. Ballads & Songs N. Scotl. II. 35 She thought she heard a bairn greet, But and a woman's moan. 1839 Whistle-Binkie 2nd Ser. 75 In height an ell but an' a span. b. But if. Also but and if. Cf. and conj.¹ 13. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) l. 1790 But & thow crye or noyse make. c1440 Prose Life Alexander (Thornton) (1913) 85 (MED) Bot and men schulde be commendid þat are oppressed wit disesse, þan sulde blynd men..ouer all oþer be commendid. ?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman i. ix. sig. K.ij^v But & thou array thy body sumptuously..thou canst nat be excused as chast in mynde. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Matt. v. 13 But and yf the salt haue lost his saltnes. ?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) i. xii. sig. D iij ^v But and if they bee of contrarie shadow, worke contrarely. 1638 J. Row Serm. 3 But and they [sc. Rome] had gotten their will, she [sc. Kirk of Scotland] wald a been sure of her Ladetties. 1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling i. §1. ⁋27 But and if on the other side they meet with one of too much sagacity. 1806 R. Jamieson Pop. Ballads I. 237 But and this black hour be past, I rede ye'll rue it sair. 1869 G. A. Simcox Poems & Romances 125 But and if they do not find, Then a bitter biting wind Chases them before the moon. P3. but for: (as preposition) except for, with the exception of; were it not for.there but for the grace of God go I: see grace of God n. Phrases 2.The collocation but for occurs commonly with various senses of but and with for both as preposition and conjunction. ΚΠ c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15697 Hit likede wel þan kinge buten for ane þinge. c1523 J. Rastell Expos. Terminorum Legum Anglorum sig. A7^v/2 Y^f they haue no estate but for terme of lyfe they shall pray in ayd of hym in the reuercion. 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Diij^v These mine eyes..But for thy piteous lips no more had seene. View more context for this quotation 1630 T. Randolph Aristippus 25 The King of Russia had died of the wormes, but for a powder I sent him. 1667 S. Pepys Diary 30 May (1974) VIII. 243 Several of the Council..would come but for their attending the King. 1781 W. Cowper Let. 24 June (1979) I. 491 The delay has enabled me to add a piece of considerable length which but for the delay would not have made its appearance upon this Occasion. It answers to the name of Hope. 1815 J. Bentham Chrestomathia ii. 12 But for the apparent paradoxicality and antisentimentality, instead of economizing, minimizing would, in this case..have been inserted. 1885 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 29 291 But for the concurrent jurisdiction, the decision..would have been the other way. 1985 B. Neil As we Forgive x. 182 The room, empty but for Lydia sitting wrapped in blankets. P4. but now: just now, only this moment. Now rare. ΚΠ a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Arun.) (1911) l. 1575 (MED) Ȝe weren brouȝt..Both tweyn But now this last nyght. 1532 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 24 We can do no lesse but now uppon the Kyngs revenue into his owne realme to gyve..thanks to Almightie God..for his prosperous..revenue. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 248 He is heere (Sir) about the house, I saw him but now. 1669 Earl of Orrery Black Prince in Two New Trag. v. 61 Sir, and I but now did hear, That with this Gentleman you Angry were. 1712 T. Ellwood Davideis iv. i. 192 He, who but now was over Hot and Bold, Is now become to Her exceeding Cold. 1762 S. Foote Orators ii. 56 Was it yourself that was happing about here but now. 1823 W. Scott Peveril I. iv. 123 I attach thee of the crime of which thou hast but now made thy boast. 1859 W. Barnes Rhymes Dorset Dial. II. 7 Back here, but now, the jobber John Come by. 1948 L. MacNeice Holes in Sky 49 He is separate too, who had but now ascended Into the panarchy of created things Wearing his halo cocked. 1955 P. Sherwood St. Maximus the Confessor Intro. 29 Yet such an answer would completely evade the question that has but now been asked. P5. but only. †a. Introducing a word or (especially) a phrase which is excepted from the general statement: except; = sense C. 1. Formerly also but one. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) l. 46 Ha nawiht ne þearf of oðer þing þenchen, bute ane of hire leofmon. a1325 Statutes of Realm in MS Rawl. B.520 f. 96^v Þer me ne mai noȝt vochen warant out of þe lignage bote onliche trauersen þe Entree. c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §23. 32 F is nat consideret but only [to] declare þat A sit euene ouere the pool. a1475 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Laud) (1885) 122 It nedith not to..purvey, but only ffor the kynges house. ?1538 A. Fitzherbert Offices of Sheryffes sig. K.iiij The admyral hath no iurisdiccyon, but onely vpon the highe see. 1602 L. Lloyd Briefe Conf. Divers Lawes 27 There was no God but onely his maister. 1657 W. Prynne Exact Abridgem. Rec. Tower of London 16 It is enacted That no purveyance be made but only for the King. 1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece i. 2 No Appeal can be made, but only to the Senate. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 480 They took little care about it, but only to find men who would bear the charge. b. Limiting a word or phrase: only; = sense B. 2a. Formerly also but alonely, but..only, only..but. Now rare. ΚΠ 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 5 Another litil flode, whiche drowned, but the contre of Egipte onely. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxviii. 280 I had but alonely my swerde in my hande. 1598 R. Barnfield Combat Consc. iv, in Encomion Lady Pecunia sig. D3 They are indeed, but onely meere Illusions. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. xi. 6 He onely liu'd but till he was a man. View more context for this quotation 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 5 I finde but only two sorts of writings. 1682 J. Banks Vertue Betray'd ii. 17 Woolsey shall be king, I ask but only Seymour in Exchange. 1730 R. Millar Hist. Church under Old Test. iv. 501 Archelaus the son of Herod the Great was but only an Ethnarch. 1797 J. Woodforde Diary 1 Apr. (1931) V. 23 Having sold my Barley at 8/6 per Coomb. I recd. no cash but only a Corn Note. 1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 279 (footnote) Caring only but to catch the public eye with his coarse, presumptuous, ponderous, illiterate work. 1931 E. A. Wetherald Lyrics & Sonnets 215 You send across the hedge of reverence To me who see you only but to bless. P6. In the subordinate clause (protasis) of a conditional sentence. if——did but know, did——but know: if——only knew. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. vii. 18 Didst thou but know the inly touch of Loue. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. iii. 46 Did you but know the Citties Vsuries, And felt them knowingly. 1710 C. Shadwell Fair Quaker of Deal i. i. 6 If the Government did but know what a Swabb thou art. 1801 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) II. 745 If you did but know what a flutter the Old Moveable at my left Breast has been in, since I read your letter. 1992 J. Torrington Swing Hammer Swing! xxxii. 298 Maybe those frozen dadpoles down there on the manky floor had gotten lucky did they but know it. 2005 Church Times 15 Apr. 29/4 Ah, if they did but know the muddle that is in the writer's head. P7. all but (as an adverb or adjectival phrase): see all adj., pron., n., adv., and conj. Phrases 23b. but that: see senses C. 7, C. 9, C. 10. but what: see what pron., adv., int., adj.¹, conj., and n. Phrases 1a. extracted from butprep.adv.conj.n.² but only P2. only but (also but only): (a) only, merely; (b) except only. Now poetic. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > state or quality of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded > simple or unmixed [phrase] > simply, merely, or nothing but not buta1382 but only1478 in simple1548 tout court1747 tout simple1930 tout simplement1939 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being exclusive > exclusiveness [preposition] > except or excepting > excepting only all saving butc1450 only but1478 1478 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 178 Paid..for the tythyngys ondely but in corn whan it was jnned in-to the barn—xxiiij li. a1525 Bk. Chess l. 416 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 94 [A king] suld bot onelye haue a quene. a1564 Q. Kennedy Breif Tracteit in 2 Eucharistic Tracts (1964) 126 To think þat it Is onely bot ane figure and taken. 1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles in Wks. (1873) I. 180 Now heere all are pleas'd, Onelie but Cornelio. 1678 J. Dryden All for Love ii. 17 You but only beg'd a last farewel. 1711 Light to Blind in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 127 The first dessigne was onely but to show the rebells, that the..garrison was watchful. ?1728 R. Blair Poem Dedicated to Memory Mr. William Law 5 For if, in darker Points, we were deceiv'd, 'Twas only but observing how thou liv'd. 1806 H. H. Brackenridge Gaz. Publ. 206 And only but a natural fool, Would take in head to fight or fence; Or 'gainst the slander break his shins. 1842 W. C. Bennett My Sonnets (1843) ii They shall rank him next only but to thee In their deep, holy, hatred. 1914 W. S. Blunt Poet. Wks. 137 Fear thou nought at our hand, nay, only but fair dealing. 1975 S. Heany New Sel. Poems (1992) vi White skulls and black skulls and yellow skulls, and some with full teeth, and some haven't only but one. extracted from onlyadv.conj.prep. < as lemmas
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