buttingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈbʌtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈbədɪŋ/

Forms: late Middle English–1500s buttynge, 1600s– butting.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: butt v.², -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < butt v.² + -ing suffix¹. With sense 2 compare butt v.² 3b and earlier butt n.⁵

1. A boundary, a border, a limit. Also figurative.Sometimes paired with bounding; cf. butt v.² 1a and butts and bounds at butt n.⁷ Phrases.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun]

goalc1350

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enda1425

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mete?1473

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divisec1575

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Rubicon1613

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meta1838

a1475 (a1447) O. Bokenham Mappula Angliae in Englische Studien (1887) 10 12 (MED) Westward þe buttynge [of Loegria] shalle be seide in þe iiid party.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Bowndynge or buttynge of thre fieldes ioynynge together, trifinium.

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique v. i. 656 Setting downe in writing: the lying, buttings, and contents of the said peece of ground.

1653 R. Norwood Pathway 25 They are the ancient Land-marks of our Fathers; and now our land marks, our bounds and buttings.

1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino v. 27 Nature has its Buttings and Boundings.

1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 6 The buttings and boundings of several tenements.

1832 Southern Times & State Gaz. 24 Aug. Having such form and marks, buttings and bounding as a plat of said lands.

1868 Charleston (S. Carolina) Tri-weekly Courier 3 Mar. Prepare to survey it accurately, truthfully, fearlessly. Its buttings and boundings must be familiar to you.

1972 Bios 42 75 White tape can be pressed over the seams and along the margins giving perfectly straight borders and buttings.

2016 Wilts. Gaz. & Herald (Nexis) 31 Aug. Of the shape and dimensions and butting as appears by the plan thereof hereunto annexed.

2. The joining of two planks or timbers end to end by bringing their ends together; the making of butt joints (butt joint n. (b) at butt n.⁵ Compounds). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > wooden structures or wooden parts of > means of fitting together > types of joint > making of

butting1805

1805 Shipwright's Vade-mecum Explan. Terms 102 Ekeing, making good a deficiency in the length of any piece, by scarphing or butting.

1959 D. A. Stevenson World's Lighthouses before 1820 120 The drawing showed the scarfing and butting of the timbers.

2005 M. Palmer Eddystone 53 It also showed the scarfing and butting of the timber uprights.

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† buttingn.²

Forms: 1500s buttyng.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: butt n.¹, -ing suffix³.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < butt n.¹ + -ing suffix³. Compare whiting n.² 3 (also only in Skelton).

Obsolete.

Apparently: a term of endearment.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun]

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belamy?c1225

culver?c1225

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heartc1300

sweetc1330

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birdc1405

cinnamonc1405

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lovec1405

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mulling?a1475

daisyc1485

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honeysop?a1513

powsowdie?a1513

suckler?a1513

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sweetie1778

lovey-dovey1781

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ducky1819

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acushla1825

alanna1825

treat1825

amigo1830

honey child1832

macushla1834

cabbage1840

honey-bunch1874

angel pie1878

m'dear1887

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honey baby1895

prawn1895

hon1896

so-and-so1897

cariad1899

pumpkin1900

honey-bun1902

pussums1912

snookums1919

treasure1920

wogger1922

amico1929

sugar1930

baby cake1949

angel cake1951

lamb-chop1962

petal1974

bae2006

a1529 J. Skelton Poems against Garnesche in Poet Wks. (1843) I. 127 Ye haue a fantasy to Fanchyrche strete, With Lumbardes lemmanns for to mete, With, Bas me, buttyng, praty Cys!

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buttingn.³

Brit.

/ˈbʌtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈbədɪŋ/

Forms: 1500s buttyng, 1600s– butting.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: but v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < but v. + -ing suffix¹.

The use of the word ‘but’; the making of objections or qualifying statements.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [noun] > use of

butting1553

iffing1687

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique ii. f. 72^v What is geven to one by commendyng, the same is streight taken away by buttyng.

1630 J. Shirley Gratefull Seruant iv. 52 Piero. Well I will do what I can, and there be no remedy—but Lodw. No butting.

1745 Genuine Dialogue (single sheet) Jen. I did not call him so, good Madam, but—Mrs. But me, no butting, not another Day, Shall any Rebel in my Service stay.

1908 C. Fitch Beau Brummel iv. i. 125 Vincent. But— Beau. I see you still have that very unfortunate habit of ‘butting’.

2001 B. G. Madonik I hear what you say, but what are you telling Me? 13 Butting refers to sending contradictory verbal messages. People are butting when they use words that erase or negate the message that just preceded them.

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buttingn.⁴

Brit.

/ˈbʌtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈbədɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: butt v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < butt v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

1. The action or an act of thrusting or striking violently with the head or horns.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [noun] > thrusting or striking with head

burtingc1440

butting1598

the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > with the head

bushing1398

butting1598

butt1826

headbutt1925

Liverpool kiss1944

nutting1963

Glasgow kiss1982

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Broccata, an encounter, a butting, a shock.

1599 R. Perceval tr. J. Minsheu Spanish Gram. at Choque in Dictionarie Spanish & Eng. A butting togither as rams.

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 115 Rams..may be made to leave off their butting.

1858 ‘G. Eliot’ Janet's Repentance iv, in Scenes Clerical Life II. 116 Mr. Dempster..poked his head forward with a butting motion by way of bow.

1915 Herald of Gospel Liberty 13 May 589/2 When the Lord..tells you to butt your head against the wall, the butting is your part, but the head going through the wall is the Lord's part.

1966 N.Y. Times 17 July 41/1 By the eighth round, the butting had opened a gash on his forehead over his right eye.

2012 N.Y. Times 2 Oct. d4/4 Animal behaviorists like to say that the rams carry out their butting for reasons of power, territory or sexual ritual.

†2. English regional (Cornwall). In hurling (hurling n. 2a): the action of pushing an opponent away with one's fist in order to retain possession of the ball. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 73^v Hee that is once possessed of the ball hath his contrary mate waiting..The other thrusteth him in the brest, with his closed fist, to keepe him off; which they call Butting.

†3. A projection, something that juts out. Frequently with out. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [noun] > a projecting part

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outbearingc1425

outstanding?c1425

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salience1837

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emphasis1885

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1625 P. Heylyn Μικρόκοσμος (rev. ed.) 416 Cardia seated in the Thracian Chersonese, which being a Peninsula, a butting iust ouer against Troas in Asia side, is now called St Georges arme.

1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. v. 91 The stock of the Piercer by reason of..a sholder or Butting out upon the work will not turn about.

1745 Mil. Dict. in Introd. Art Fortification sig. e2/1 Cordon..a Butting out of stone, commonly round.

1815 Brit. Rev. & London Crit. Jrnl. Aug. 35 The scarp or butting out of this new stratum fronts us as we continue our south-easterly course.

4. Clockmaking and Watchmaking. The action of the ends of a pinion's teeth touching against those of the wheel it engages, typically resulting in the slowing or stoppage of the mechanism.Butting is typically caused by an incorrectly sized or incorrectly positioned pinion or wheel.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > parts of wheels > tooth > collision of

butting1881

interference1914

1881 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (ed. 4) 132 Butting is generally indicative of a pinion too large.

1946 G. F. C. Gordon Clockmaking Past & Present 28 The outgoing pinion leaf will not be moved far enough to prevent butting taking place.

2010 L. Penman Clock Repairer's Handbk. viii. 89/2 If the stoppage is repeated as each tooth comes into contact with the pinion the problem is butting.

Phrases

butting of heads n. (a) the action or an act of an animal or person striking heads with another; cf. headbutting n.; (b) figurative conflict or strong disagreement between parties, esp. when attempting to bring about change; an instance of this.

ΚΠ

1837 H. H. Spry Mod. India I. vi. 260 The ram fights were never very attractive. It was merely a brutal butting of heads.

1866 Harper's Mag. June 26/2 No more jolting, and punching, and butting of heads [in a stagecoach] to be endured on that route at least.

1895 Amer. Mag. Civics Aug. 225 It is very easy to exclaim, ‘Go to the caucuses,’ but the going..proves to be simply an abortive butting of heads against the machines of party politicians.

1929 R. P. T. Coffin Attic Room 100 I have never seen such blows—arms crooked about the neck, elbow stabs, butting of heads.

1973 Nucl. Industry Oct. 22/1 Another site-geology imbroglio.., enlivened by charges of bad faith in withholding information..and open butting of heads by two Federal agencies over acceptability of still another site.

2000 A. C. Isenberg Destr. Bison 67 Most battles consisted merely of a brief butting of heads and locking of horns.

2017 Daily Cardinal (Univ. of Wisconsin) (Nexis) 12 June 1 When I joined the board..as a younger member..interested in lifting up other voices, I think there was some butting of heads and some challenges.

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buttingn.⁵

Brit.

/ˈbʌtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈbədɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: butt v.⁴, -ing suffix¹; butt n.⁶, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: Partly < butt v.⁴ + -ing suffix¹, and partly < butt n.⁶ + -ing suffix¹.

1. The process of cutting the rough ends off a length of timber; spec. the action of cutting the butt end off a log or tree trunk. Now historical.

ΚΠ

1790 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Midland Counties I. vii. 103 For a tree of two feet diameter, the price is about a shilling; and about four pence more for cutting off the but; the stocking and butting being generally let together.

1992 S. C. Chew Logs for Capital iv. 76 The firm of Perley and Pattee had its mills fitted with..the usual complement of circular saws for butting and edging.

†2. The process of uprooting the stumps of felled trees. Now rare or obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > felled trees, debris, or tree stumps remaining > excavation of tree-stumps

butting1928

stump-grubbing1938

1928 Daily Express 3 Aug. 3/4 A man..gave me a job at ‘butting’... He had some tree stumps that he wanted uprooted.

Compounds

butting machine n. now historical a machine for trimming and shaping the ends of timbers.

ΚΠ

1836 National Gaz. & Literary Reg. (Philadelphia) 28 Mar. 3/4 Large stock of seasoned lumber...Cedar and white pine, dressed and rough. Horses, carts, gears, gig and harness, butting machine, wheelbarrow, pit saws, &c.

1850 Boston Daily Atlas 26 Jan. Diving Machine Axles, Butting Machine, Belting.

a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 415/1 Butting-machine, a machine..used for smoothing, cornering, or rounding the ends of joists or small timbers used in the frames of agricultural implements, etc.

1922 R. C. Bryant Lumber 140 Timbers..go directly from the live rollers behind the saw to a ‘butting’ machine, then to a surfacing machine if they are dressed, and finally to a timber dock.

1981 Tampa (Florida) Tribune 13 Mar. (Heartland Suppl.) 4/2 Clyde T. Ashby..died Wednesday...He was a retired butting machine operator for Georgia Pacific Co.

butting saw n. a circular saw or bandsaw used in sawmills for cutting off the ends of timbers.

ΚΠ

1839 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 3 July 1 butting-saw, and all the necessary fixtures for sawing steamboat timber.

1915 Southern Reporter 67 128/1 There was a conveyor constructed and used for the purpose of carrying lumber and feeding it to a butting saw.

2004 Logging & Sawmilling Jrnl. June 42/2 Other features include faster, simpler saw blade changes..and better protection for the butting saw.

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† buttingn.⁶

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: butt v.², -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: Probably < butt v.² (compare sense 3 at that entry) + -ing suffix¹. N.E.D. (1888) gives the pronunciation as (bɒ·tiŋ) /ˈbʌtɪŋ/.

Curling. Obsolete.

A strategy whereby a stone is played into the house or target area and a guard stone set up to defend it.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > curling > [noun] > actions

inwicking1823

outwicking1830

butting1831

inringing1831

guarding1897

promotion1897

takeout1927

1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 30 971 Butting, or chap and guard, is to put up a stone, and lie guard upon it.

1838 Penny Mag. 8 Dec. 479/2 There are various points in the game, such as drawing, striking, posting.., butting, guarding, wicking, &c.

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buttingadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈbʌtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈbədɪŋ/

Forms: see butt v.² and -ing suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: butt v.², -ing suffix².

Etymology: < butt v.² + -ing suffix². Compare abutting adj.

That butts on to or against something; (esp. in early use) adjoining; (esp. in later use) abutting.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > opposite position > [adjective] > facing

butting1447

obvious1603

frontier1609

abuttinga1616

confronting1710

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [adjective] > joined > of joints: that meet

butting1447

meeting1825

1447–8 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) ii. 102 The which postren dores..oughte to stande..in the saide buttyng wall.

1556 in Longman's Mag. (1905) Mar. 533 My daughter Denys shall have the butting chamber only to her own use so long as she kepeth herself unmarryed.

1803 Suppl. to Encycl. I. 235/2 The extremities L, L, are united in like manner by butting joints.

1870 Examiner (London) 16 July 458/1 He constructs the butting surfaces of the door and door-frame..so that no wedge, chisel, or other tool could penetrate half an inch.

1922 Logansport (Indiana) Morning Press 21 Apr. 7/1 (advt.) The butting ends of the ring are generally finished to form a step joint at 45 degrees.

1977 Pop. Mech. Dec. 127 Position the butting edge against the appropriate wall.

2004 W. P. Spence Interior Trim 160 Inside corners are often butted. This requires careful work to get the butting panel on the same slope as the wall.

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buttingadj.²

Brit.

/ˈbʌtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈbədɪŋ/

Forms: see butt v.¹ and -ing suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: butt v.¹, -ing suffix².

Etymology: < butt v.¹ + -ing suffix².

1. Esp. of an animal: that strikes aggressively with the head or horns; that butts.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by habits or actions > [adjective] > striking or goring with horns

butting1565

sticking1832

1565 J. Hall Courte of Vertue f. 145 The goryng Bull, the buttyng ramms The scratchyng cat wyth clawe, In beastly actes may not compare, Wyth those that there I sawe.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 15 A Bull..With spurning Heels, and with a butting Head [L. cornu petat].

1721 M. Concanen Match at Foot-ball 30 Two butting Horns adorn his curling Head.

1791 T. Beddoes tr. J. K. A. Musäus Pop. Tales of Germans I. 144 The butting bull grappled the defenceless youth with his horns.

1824 Bell's Life in London 15 Aug. 263/1 He..again met his man plump in the head, with the force of a butting ram.

1887 York Herald 15 Mar. 8/5 A player springs into the air to meet the ball with a butting head.

1917 L. L. Hope Bobbsey Twins on Blueberry Island v. 48 ‘Daddy wouldn't buy a butting goat,’ Freddie declared.

2006 Daily Mail (Nexis) 7 Nov. 60 A head of Apollo on one side and a butting bull on the other.

2. That projects or juts out. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [adjective]

steepc1000

tooting?c1225

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extrusive1816

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sticky-out1839

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outreaching1853

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out-thrusting1869

stickout1884

protrudent1891

a1593 C. Marlowe tr. Lucan First Bk. (1600) sig. B.iv And then large limits had their butting lands, The ground which Curius and Camillus till'd, Was stretcht vnto the fields of hinds vnknowne.

1692 T. Fletcher Poems Several Occasions 56 Her I sent off, to see, If any where flat Shore, or butting Cape Appear'd to terminate the wild Abyss.

1766 C. Vallancey Pract. Treat. Stone-cutting xxiii. 51 The semi-circular Arch of the Vault, which being cut, apply on the upper Park, the Curve of Projection, or the butting Curve.

2009 J. G. Anderson & M. Sebanc Stoneholding: Legacy of stone Harp I. xv. 317 It took them a few throws to affix the grapnel onto a butting edge of rock.

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n.¹a1475

n.²a1529

n.³1553

n.⁴1598

n.⁵1790

n.⁶1831

adj.¹1447

adj.²1565

单词	butting
释义	buttingn.¹ Brit. /ˈbʌtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbədɪŋ/ Forms: late Middle English–1500s buttynge, 1600s– butting. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: butt v.², -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < butt v.² + -ing suffix¹. With sense 2 compare butt v.² 3b and earlier butt n.⁵ 1. A boundary, a border, a limit. Also figurative.Sometimes paired with bounding; cf. butt v.² 1a and butts and bounds at butt n.⁷ Phrases. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] goalc1350 bounda1387 list1389 finea1400 frontier1413 enda1425 limit1439 buttal1449 headroom1462 band1470 mete?1473 buttinga1475 bounder1505 pale?a1525 butrelle1546 scantlet1547 limesa1552 divisec1575 meta1587 line1595 marginc1595 closure1597 Rubicon1613 bournea1616 boundary1626 boundure1634 verge1660 terminary1670 meta1838 a1475 (a1447) O. Bokenham Mappula Angliae in Englische Studien (1887) 10 12 (MED) Westward þe buttynge [of Loegria] shalle be seide in þe iiid party. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Bowndynge or buttynge of thre fieldes ioynynge together, trifinium. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique v. i. 656 Setting downe in writing: the lying, buttings, and contents of the said peece of ground. 1653 R. Norwood Pathway 25 They are the ancient Land-marks of our Fathers; and now our land marks, our bounds and buttings. 1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino v. 27 Nature has its Buttings and Boundings. 1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 6 The buttings and boundings of several tenements. 1832 Southern Times & State Gaz. 24 Aug. Having such form and marks, buttings and bounding as a plat of said lands. 1868 Charleston (S. Carolina) Tri-weekly Courier 3 Mar. Prepare to survey it accurately, truthfully, fearlessly. Its buttings and boundings must be familiar to you. 1972 Bios 42 75 White tape can be pressed over the seams and along the margins giving perfectly straight borders and buttings. 2016 Wilts. Gaz. & Herald (Nexis) 31 Aug. Of the shape and dimensions and butting as appears by the plan thereof hereunto annexed. 2. The joining of two planks or timbers end to end by bringing their ends together; the making of butt joints (butt joint n. (b) at butt n.⁵ Compounds). Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > wooden structures or wooden parts of > means of fitting together > types of joint > making of butting1805 1805 Shipwright's Vade-mecum Explan. Terms 102 Ekeing, making good a deficiency in the length of any piece, by scarphing or butting. 1959 D. A. Stevenson World's Lighthouses before 1820 120 The drawing showed the scarfing and butting of the timbers. 2005 M. Palmer Eddystone 53 It also showed the scarfing and butting of the timber uprights. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † buttingn.² Forms: 1500s buttyng. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: butt n.¹, -ing suffix³. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < butt n.¹ + -ing suffix³. Compare whiting n.² 3 (also only in Skelton). Obsolete. Apparently: a term of endearment. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] darlingc888 belamy?c1225 culver?c1225 dearc1230 sweetheartc1290 heartc1300 sweetc1330 honeya1375 dovec1386 jewelc1400 birdc1405 cinnamonc1405 honeycombc1405 lovec1405 wantonc1450 mulling?a1475 daisyc1485 crowdy-mowdy?a1513 honeysop?a1513 powsowdie?a1513 suckler?a1513 foolc1525 buttinga1529 whitinga1529 beautiful1534 turtle-dove1535 soula1538 heartikin1540 bully?1548 turtle1548 lamba1556 nyletc1557 sweet-lovea1560 coz1563 ding-ding1564 pugs1566 golpol1568 sparling1570 lover1573 pug1580 bulkin1582 mopsy1582 chuck1589 bonny1594 chick1594 sweetikin1596 ladybird1597 angel1598 muss1598 pinkany1599 sweetkin1599 duck1600 joy1600 sparrowc1600 sucket1605 nutting1606 chuckaby1607 tickling1607 bagpudding1608 heartling1608 chucking1609 dainty1611 flittermouse1612 honeysuckle1613 fubs1614 bawcocka1616 pretty1616 old thinga1625 bun1627 duckling1630 bulchin1633 bulch?c1640 sweetling1648 friscoa1652 ding-dongs1662 buntinga1668 cocky1680 dearie1681 chucky1683 lovey1684 machree1689 nykin1693 pinkaninny1696 nug1699 hinny1724 puss1753 pet1767 dovey1769 sweetie1778 lovey-dovey1781 lovely1791 ducky1819 toy1822 acushla1825 alanna1825 treat1825 amigo1830 honey child1832 macushla1834 cabbage1840 honey-bunch1874 angel pie1878 m'dear1887 bach1889 honey baby1895 prawn1895 hon1896 so-and-so1897 cariad1899 pumpkin1900 honey-bun1902 pussums1912 snookums1919 treasure1920 wogger1922 amico1929 sugar1930 baby cake1949 angel cake1951 lamb-chop1962 petal1974 bae2006 a1529 J. Skelton Poems against Garnesche in Poet Wks. (1843) I. 127 Ye haue a fantasy to Fanchyrche strete, With Lumbardes lemmanns for to mete, With, Bas me, buttyng, praty Cys! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020). buttingn.³ Brit. /ˈbʌtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbədɪŋ/ Forms: 1500s buttyng, 1600s– butting. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: but v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < but v. + -ing suffix¹. The use of the word ‘but’; the making of objections or qualifying statements. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [noun] > use of butting1553 iffing1687 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique ii. f. 72^v What is geven to one by commendyng, the same is streight taken away by buttyng. 1630 J. Shirley Gratefull Seruant iv. 52 Piero. Well I will do what I can, and there be no remedy—but Lodw. No butting. 1745 Genuine Dialogue (single sheet) Jen. I did not call him so, good Madam, but—Mrs. But me, no butting, not another Day, Shall any Rebel in my Service stay. 1908 C. Fitch Beau Brummel iv. i. 125 Vincent. But— Beau. I see you still have that very unfortunate habit of ‘butting’. 2001 B. G. Madonik I hear what you say, but what are you telling Me? 13 Butting refers to sending contradictory verbal messages. People are butting when they use words that erase or negate the message that just preceded them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). buttingn.⁴ Brit. /ˈbʌtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbədɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: butt v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < butt v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. 1. The action or an act of thrusting or striking violently with the head or horns. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [noun] > thrusting or striking with head burtingc1440 butting1598 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > with the head bushing1398 butting1598 butt1826 headbutt1925 Liverpool kiss1944 nutting1963 Glasgow kiss1982 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Broccata, an encounter, a butting, a shock. 1599 R. Perceval tr. J. Minsheu Spanish Gram. at Choque in Dictionarie Spanish & Eng. A butting togither as rams. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 115 Rams..may be made to leave off their butting. 1858 ‘G. Eliot’ Janet's Repentance iv, in Scenes Clerical Life II. 116 Mr. Dempster..poked his head forward with a butting motion by way of bow. 1915 Herald of Gospel Liberty 13 May 589/2 When the Lord..tells you to butt your head against the wall, the butting is your part, but the head going through the wall is the Lord's part. 1966 N.Y. Times 17 July 41/1 By the eighth round, the butting had opened a gash on his forehead over his right eye. 2012 N.Y. Times 2 Oct. d4/4 Animal behaviorists like to say that the rams carry out their butting for reasons of power, territory or sexual ritual. †2. English regional (Cornwall). In hurling (hurling n. 2a): the action of pushing an opponent away with one's fist in order to retain possession of the ball. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 73^v Hee that is once possessed of the ball hath his contrary mate waiting..The other thrusteth him in the brest, with his closed fist, to keepe him off; which they call Butting. †3. A projection, something that juts out. Frequently with out. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [noun] > a projecting part hornc1275 outshooting1310 nosec1400 startc1400 spout1412 snouta1425 outbearingc1425 outstanding?c1425 relish1428 jeta1500 rising1525 shoulder1545 jutting1565 outshootc1565 prominence1578 forecast1580 projection1592 sprout1598 eye1600 shooting forth1601 lip1608 juttying1611 prominent?1611 eminence1615 butting1625 excursiona1626 elbow1626 protrusion1646 jettinga1652 outjetting1652 prominency1654 eminency1668 nouch1688 issuanta1690 out-butting1730 outjet1730 out-jutting1730 flange1735 nosing1773 process1775 jut1787 projecture1803 nozzle1804 saliency1831 ajutment1834 salience1837 out-thrust1842 emphasis1885 cleat1887 outjut1893 pseudopodiuma1902 1625 P. Heylyn Μικρόκοσμος (rev. ed.) 416 Cardia seated in the Thracian Chersonese, which being a Peninsula, a butting iust ouer against Troas in Asia side, is now called St Georges arme. 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. v. 91 The stock of the Piercer by reason of..a sholder or Butting out upon the work will not turn about. 1745 Mil. Dict. in Introd. Art Fortification sig. e2/1 Cordon..a Butting out of stone, commonly round. 1815 Brit. Rev. & London Crit. Jrnl. Aug. 35 The scarp or butting out of this new stratum fronts us as we continue our south-easterly course. 4. Clockmaking and Watchmaking. The action of the ends of a pinion's teeth touching against those of the wheel it engages, typically resulting in the slowing or stoppage of the mechanism.Butting is typically caused by an incorrectly sized or incorrectly positioned pinion or wheel. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > parts of wheels > tooth > collision of butting1881 interference1914 1881 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (ed. 4) 132 Butting is generally indicative of a pinion too large. 1946 G. F. C. Gordon Clockmaking Past & Present 28 The outgoing pinion leaf will not be moved far enough to prevent butting taking place. 2010 L. Penman Clock Repairer's Handbk. viii. 89/2 If the stoppage is repeated as each tooth comes into contact with the pinion the problem is butting. Phrases butting of heads n. (a) the action or an act of an animal or person striking heads with another; cf. headbutting n.; (b) figurative conflict or strong disagreement between parties, esp. when attempting to bring about change; an instance of this. ΚΠ 1837 H. H. Spry Mod. India I. vi. 260 The ram fights were never very attractive. It was merely a brutal butting of heads. 1866 Harper's Mag. June 26/2 No more jolting, and punching, and butting of heads [in a stagecoach] to be endured on that route at least. 1895 Amer. Mag. Civics Aug. 225 It is very easy to exclaim, ‘Go to the caucuses,’ but the going..proves to be simply an abortive butting of heads against the machines of party politicians. 1929 R. P. T. Coffin Attic Room 100 I have never seen such blows—arms crooked about the neck, elbow stabs, butting of heads. 1973 Nucl. Industry Oct. 22/1 Another site-geology imbroglio.., enlivened by charges of bad faith in withholding information..and open butting of heads by two Federal agencies over acceptability of still another site. 2000 A. C. Isenberg Destr. Bison 67 Most battles consisted merely of a brief butting of heads and locking of horns. 2017 Daily Cardinal (Univ. of Wisconsin) (Nexis) 12 June 1 When I joined the board..as a younger member..interested in lifting up other voices, I think there was some butting of heads and some challenges. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). buttingn.⁵ Brit. /ˈbʌtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbədɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: butt v.⁴, -ing suffix¹; butt n.⁶, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: Partly < butt v.⁴ + -ing suffix¹, and partly < butt n.⁶ + -ing suffix¹. 1. The process of cutting the rough ends off a length of timber; spec. the action of cutting the butt end off a log or tree trunk. Now historical. ΚΠ 1790 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Midland Counties I. vii. 103 For a tree of two feet diameter, the price is about a shilling; and about four pence more for cutting off the but; the stocking and butting being generally let together. 1992 S. C. Chew Logs for Capital iv. 76 The firm of Perley and Pattee had its mills fitted with..the usual complement of circular saws for butting and edging. †2. The process of uprooting the stumps of felled trees. Now rare or obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > felled trees, debris, or tree stumps remaining > excavation of tree-stumps butting1928 stump-grubbing1938 1928 Daily Express 3 Aug. 3/4 A man..gave me a job at ‘butting’... He had some tree stumps that he wanted uprooted. Compounds butting machine n. now historical a machine for trimming and shaping the ends of timbers. ΚΠ 1836 National Gaz. & Literary Reg. (Philadelphia) 28 Mar. 3/4 Large stock of seasoned lumber...Cedar and white pine, dressed and rough. Horses, carts, gears, gig and harness, butting machine, wheelbarrow, pit saws, &c. 1850 Boston Daily Atlas 26 Jan. Diving Machine Axles, Butting Machine, Belting. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 415/1 Butting-machine, a machine..used for smoothing, cornering, or rounding the ends of joists or small timbers used in the frames of agricultural implements, etc. 1922 R. C. Bryant Lumber 140 Timbers..go directly from the live rollers behind the saw to a ‘butting’ machine, then to a surfacing machine if they are dressed, and finally to a timber dock. 1981 Tampa (Florida) Tribune 13 Mar. (Heartland Suppl.) 4/2 Clyde T. Ashby..died Wednesday...He was a retired butting machine operator for Georgia Pacific Co. butting saw n. a circular saw or bandsaw used in sawmills for cutting off the ends of timbers. ΚΠ 1839 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 3 July 1 butting-saw, and all the necessary fixtures for sawing steamboat timber. 1915 Southern Reporter 67 128/1 There was a conveyor constructed and used for the purpose of carrying lumber and feeding it to a butting saw. 2004 Logging & Sawmilling Jrnl. June 42/2 Other features include faster, simpler saw blade changes..and better protection for the butting saw. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † buttingn.⁶ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: butt v.², -ing suffix¹. Etymology: Probably < butt v.² (compare sense 3 at that entry) + -ing suffix¹. N.E.D. (1888) gives the pronunciation as (bɒ·tiŋ) /ˈbʌtɪŋ/. Curling. Obsolete. A strategy whereby a stone is played into the house or target area and a guard stone set up to defend it. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > curling > [noun] > actions inwicking1823 outwicking1830 butting1831 inringing1831 guarding1897 promotion1897 takeout1927 1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 30 971 Butting, or chap and guard, is to put up a stone, and lie guard upon it. 1838 Penny Mag. 8 Dec. 479/2 There are various points in the game, such as drawing, striking, posting.., butting, guarding, wicking, &c. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018). buttingadj.¹ Brit. /ˈbʌtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbədɪŋ/ Forms: see butt v.² and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: butt v.², -ing suffix². Etymology: < butt v.² + -ing suffix². Compare abutting adj. That butts on to or against something; (esp. in early use) adjoining; (esp. in later use) abutting. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > opposite position > [adjective] > facing butting1447 obvious1603 frontier1609 abuttinga1616 confronting1710 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [adjective] > joined > of joints: that meet butting1447 meeting1825 1447–8 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) ii. 102 The which postren dores..oughte to stande..in the saide buttyng wall. 1556 in Longman's Mag. (1905) Mar. 533 My daughter Denys shall have the butting chamber only to her own use so long as she kepeth herself unmarryed. 1803 Suppl. to Encycl. I. 235/2 The extremities L, L, are united in like manner by butting joints. 1870 Examiner (London) 16 July 458/1 He constructs the butting surfaces of the door and door-frame..so that no wedge, chisel, or other tool could penetrate half an inch. 1922 Logansport (Indiana) Morning Press 21 Apr. 7/1 (advt.) The butting ends of the ring are generally finished to form a step joint at 45 degrees. 1977 Pop. Mech. Dec. 127 Position the butting edge against the appropriate wall. 2004 W. P. Spence Interior Trim 160 Inside corners are often butted. This requires careful work to get the butting panel on the same slope as the wall. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). buttingadj.² Brit. /ˈbʌtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbədɪŋ/ Forms: see butt v.¹ and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: butt v.¹, -ing suffix². Etymology: < butt v.¹ + -ing suffix². 1. Esp. of an animal: that strikes aggressively with the head or horns; that butts. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > [adjective] > striking or goring with horns butting1565 sticking1832 1565 J. Hall Courte of Vertue f. 145 The goryng Bull, the buttyng ramms The scratchyng cat wyth clawe, In beastly actes may not compare, Wyth those that there I sawe. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 15 A Bull..With spurning Heels, and with a butting Head [L. cornu petat]. 1721 M. Concanen Match at Foot-ball 30 Two butting Horns adorn his curling Head. 1791 T. Beddoes tr. J. K. A. Musäus Pop. Tales of Germans I. 144 The butting bull grappled the defenceless youth with his horns. 1824 Bell's Life in London 15 Aug. 263/1 He..again met his man plump in the head, with the force of a butting ram. 1887 York Herald 15 Mar. 8/5 A player springs into the air to meet the ball with a butting head. 1917 L. L. Hope Bobbsey Twins on Blueberry Island v. 48 ‘Daddy wouldn't buy a butting goat,’ Freddie declared. 2006 Daily Mail (Nexis) 7 Nov. 60 A head of Apollo on one side and a butting bull on the other. 2. That projects or juts out. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [adjective] steepc1000 tooting?c1225 strutting1387 prominent?1440 extant1540 eminent?1541 pouting1563 poking1566 out1576 egregious1578 promontory1579 out-pointed1585 buttinga1593 outjetting1598 perking1598 jettying1609 juttying1609 out-jutting1611 outstanding1611 upsticking1611 out-shooting1622 jutting1624 outgrowing1625 rank1625 toting1645 projectinga1652 porrected1653 protruded1654 protruding1654 upcast1658 protending1659 jettinga1661 raised1663 starting1680 emersed1686 exerted1697 projective1703 jet-out1709 exorbitant1715 sticking1715 foreright1736 poky1754 perked-up1779 salient1789 prouda1800 overdriven1812 extrusive1816 stand-up1818 shouldering1824 jutty1827 outflung1830 sticky-out1839 sticking-up1852 outreaching1853 protrusive1858 out-thrusting1869 stickout1884 protrudent1891 a1593 C. Marlowe tr. Lucan First Bk. (1600) sig. B.iv And then large limits had their butting lands, The ground which Curius and Camillus till'd, Was stretcht vnto the fields of hinds vnknowne. 1692 T. Fletcher Poems Several Occasions 56 Her I sent off, to see, If any where flat Shore, or butting Cape Appear'd to terminate the wild Abyss. 1766 C. Vallancey Pract. Treat. Stone-cutting xxiii. 51 The semi-circular Arch of the Vault, which being cut, apply on the upper Park, the Curve of Projection, or the butting Curve. 2009 J. G. Anderson & M. Sebanc Stoneholding: Legacy of stone Harp I. xv. 317 It took them a few throws to affix the grapnel onto a butting edge of rock. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹a1475n.²a1529n.³1553n.⁴1598n.⁵1790n.⁶1831adj.¹1447adj.²1565
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