† buten.1
Scottish. Obsolete. rare.
Booty, plunder. Cf. bute v.Recorded earliest in butesman n.
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the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > divide into shares > and give to others and oneself > as booty or spoil
ravena1513
bute1530
butec1600
1530 Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes XLI. f. 77, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Butis-man The saidis Robert and Patrik allegeand that the saidis Robert Bartoune and William war butis men with thame in takyne of the saidis schippis and gudis.
c1550 J. Balfour Practicks (1754) 640 Gif it beis mair, it sall remane to bute and parting.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
buten.2
/bjuːt/, U.S. /bjut/ slang.
The non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug phenylbutazone.Use of this drug is now restricted chiefly to veterinary medicine (esp. for the treatment of pain and inflammation in horses).
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the world > health and disease > healing > veterinary medicine and surgery > [noun] > medicines or applications > medicines or applications for horses
garum1587
charge1607
horse-mithridate1614
horse-drencha1616
arman1639
white water1673
remolade1696
nitre-ball1753
thrush-paste1888
mallein1891
grease-ball1926
bute1968
1968 Evening Observer (Dunkirk-Fredonia, N.Y.) 9 May 23/8 It was the first time Dancer's Image had ever had bute and he didn't like it.
1989 Equinox Jan. 45/2 Her Samoyed had arthritic hips. ‘We'll put her on bute for a month,’ he explained patiently.
2002 Horse & Rider Sept. 16/2 Feed her two bute tablets morning and night for the next 2 days.
2013 Daily Tel. 15 Feb. 8/1 Tests on 206 [horse] carcasses..showed that eight of them contained bute, including six which were sent to France and ‘may have entered the food chain’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
† butev.
Scottish. Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To make booty of something; to share something taken as booty or plunder. Cf. bute n.1Quot. c1600 could alternatively be interpreted as showing transitive use, with the prizes the object of both verbs.
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the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > divide into shares > and give to others and oneself > as booty or spoil
ravena1513
bute1530
butec1600
c1600 in Balfour's Practicks (1754) 636 It sall not be leasum to ony ship..to ask..ony part or portioun of ony prize..except it be that thair was promise maid amangis thame to bute and part the prizes takin.
Derivatives
buting n. (in form buteing) the action of sharing booty or plunder.Frequently difficult to distinguish from forms of booting n.2, which quot. c1600 could alternatively show.
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the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > dividing and sharing out > of booty or spoil
butingc1600
pay-off1927
c1600 in Balfour's Practicks (1754) 638 Under the pane to tyne the haill richt that thay sall have to the said prize, and buteing of gudis.
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