butt endn.¹

Brit.

/ˈbʌt ɛnd/, U.S.

/ˈbəd ˌɛnd/

Forms: see butt n.⁶ and end n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: butt n.⁶, end n.

Etymology: < butt n.⁶ + end n.With sense 4 compare slightly earlier butt-end v. 2.

1. The thicker end of something, esp. a tool or weapon; the part by which a tool or weapon is held or on which it rests; = butt n.⁶ 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > flaring at extremity > [noun] > thick end of anything

buttc1425

butt end1548

butt-head1630

chump1861

stub-end1875

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > thickness > [noun] > great thickness > that which is thick > thick end of anything

buttc1425

butt end1548

chump1861

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. xlix^v The duke..with the but ende of the spere strake the Almaine that he staggared.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. ii. sig. Aa5^v Pounching me with the butt end of his speare.

1602 T. North tr. S. Goulart Lives Epaminondas, Philip of Macedon 47 Leptines..tooke a halbard..and with the but end of it [Fr. du bout d'icelle] drew on the ground that which he would.

1611 G. Chapman May-day 18 His breath smels like the butt end of a shoo-makers horne.

1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads x. 141 The Butt-ends of their Spears fixt in the ground.

1735 J. Gittins Compl. Syst. Mil. Discipline 8 Turn your Right Toe on your Right Heel, over the Butt End of your Firelock, so that the Inside of your Foot lie even with the Butt End.

1767 J. Wingrave Narr. Cruelties Eliz. Brownrigg 21 Beat her in a most terrible manner with a riding whip, and sometimes with the butt end of it.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 244 His brains would have been knocked out with the but end of a musket.

1897 K. S. Ranjitsinhji Jubilee Bk. Cricket iv. 148 A weak, springy [bat] handle is a mistake. A handle should bend like the butt-end of a good fly-rod.

1906 ‘A. Hope’ Sophy of Kravonia xxiii. 321 I just saw what happened before I got a crack on the crown of the head from the butt-end of a rifle.

1922 ‘R. Crompton’ Just—William ix. 174 I wouldn't be found dead in a ditch with her—wouldn't touch her with the butt-end of a barge-pole.

2006 New Yorker 6 Mar. 69/1 Porter grabbed his gaff hook and raised the butt end over his shoulder.

a. The last part or remnant of something; the fag end.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] > the latter part > mere

butt end1597

fag endc1600

faga1627

tag-end1807

rag enda1869

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III ii. ii. 98 The butt end of a mothers blessing.

1676 Pacquet Advices to Men of Shaftesbury 36 The Dear Bag was gone, the Butt-end of all his hopes.

1710 E. Ward Tipling Philosophers 8 He then would reel home like a Beast, And tap the Butt-end of his Boys.

1820 Edinb. Rev. 33 207 Added to a Deposition the but-end of an Indictment.

1825 Blackwood's Mag. 18 162 Their rhapsodies only recall the butt-end of an ancient cavalier song.

1917 T. S. Eliot Love Song J. Alfred Prufrock in Prufrock & Other Observ. 12 How should I begin to spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways.

1964 Gloss. Letterpress Rotary Printing Terms (B.S.I.) 6 Rewind, the procedure for taking several butt ends of paper and winding them into a reel for use in the press.

2000 P. Agbabi Transformatrix 41 I'll celebrate the butt-end of the decade in New York in the dark with pink candles.

b. spec. The end of a smoked cigarette or cigar; = butt n.⁶ 3b(a).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > thing which may be smoked > cigar or cigarette > butt or end of

doup1710

butt end1827

old soldier1834

butt1847

stub1855

cigar-end1870

stub-end1875

cigarette-end1889

cigar-butt1891

snipe1891

fag end1892

fag1897

bumper1899

scag1915

cigarette-butt1923

dout1928

dog-end1934

roach1939

stompie1947

1827 W. Clarke Every Night Bk. 87 We strongly recommend you..to illumine the butt-end of your cigar with camel's dung.

1864 All Year Round 12 Mar. 98/2 He sat down, drew the candle closer to him,..re-illuminated the butt-end of his cigar.

1938 D. Thomas Let. 16 June (1987) 305 My pipe is full of buttends from the grate.

2003 People (Nexis) 21 Dec. 33 A council is giving away..portable ashtrays for smokers in a bid to stop them dropping butt-ends in streets.

3. The thickest part of a (felled) tree trunk or (cut) stem, branch, etc. Cf. butt n.⁶ 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > stem, trunk, or bole > base of

stub1558

butt end1601

tree-foot1855

stump1902

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xvii. xxvii. 545 The tree must bee..boared through with an augoer toward the root or butt end [Fr. vers le pied].

1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. 66 He nimbly got behind the butt-end of a tree newly turned up by the roots.

1762 J. Winthrop in Philos. Trans. 1761 (Royal Soc.) 52 10 A great tree, 2½ feet in diameter at the butt-end.

1792 Ann. Agric. 18 244 Great ricks of cane tops (the butt ends turned inwards) should be made in the most convenient corner of each field.

1821 tr. Let. 15 June in Evangelical Mag. & Missionary Chron. (1822) Feb. 77/2 We all know how it is with a tree, that the butt-end is the most solid part.

1890 A. Mackay Austral. Agriculturist (ed. 2) 32 Zigzag Fence..is made by embedding the butt end of one tree in a notch cut for the purpose in the top end of another.

1926 Roosevelt Wild Life Ann. 1 135 (caption) Stump 6 feet high; butt end of log showing at right.

1970 Washington Post 10 May h5/1 The more moist the butt ends, the fresher the asparagus.

2003 K. Kuitenbrouwer Way Up ii. 27 Trim the branches, cut the roots away, clean the butt end.

4. Ice Hockey and Lacrosse. A jab at another player with the handle end of the stick (an act which incurs a major penalty).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > hockey > [noun] > stab with handle end of stick

butt end1931

butt-ending1946

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > lacrosse > [noun] > stab with handle end of stick

butt end1931

butt-ending2010

1931 Manitoba Free Press 1 Apr. 19/4 Marty Burke, another defence star, was dragged from the game. A butt end under the heart Saturday night has made that organ palpitate alarmingly.

1963 A. O'Brien Headline Hockey 79 Blair told Ted O'Connor to hand No. 11 of the Swedish national team a butt-end.

1965 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 9 Apr. 38/1 Nobody ever gave you a better butt-end.

2015 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 11 Oct. sr 10 Canadians are, like everyone else, capable of violence, even if it is in the form of a butt-end, crosscheck, slash or gloves-down brawl.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	butt end
释义	butt endn.¹ Brit. /ˈbʌt ɛnd/, U.S. /ˈbəd ˌɛnd/ Forms: see butt n.⁶ and end n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: butt n.⁶, end n. Etymology: < butt n.⁶ + end n.With sense 4 compare slightly earlier butt-end v. 2. 1. The thicker end of something, esp. a tool or weapon; the part by which a tool or weapon is held or on which it rests; = butt n.⁶ 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flaring at extremity > [noun] > thick end of anything buttc1425 butt end1548 butt-head1630 chump1861 stub-end1875 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > thickness > [noun] > great thickness > that which is thick > thick end of anything buttc1425 butt end1548 chump1861 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. xlix^v The duke..with the but ende of the spere strake the Almaine that he staggared. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. ii. sig. Aa5^v Pounching me with the butt end of his speare. 1602 T. North tr. S. Goulart Lives Epaminondas, Philip of Macedon 47 Leptines..tooke a halbard..and with the but end of it [Fr. du bout d'icelle] drew on the ground that which he would. 1611 G. Chapman May-day 18 His breath smels like the butt end of a shoo-makers horne. 1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads x. 141 The Butt-ends of their Spears fixt in the ground. 1735 J. Gittins Compl. Syst. Mil. Discipline 8 Turn your Right Toe on your Right Heel, over the Butt End of your Firelock, so that the Inside of your Foot lie even with the Butt End. 1767 J. Wingrave Narr. Cruelties Eliz. Brownrigg 21 Beat her in a most terrible manner with a riding whip, and sometimes with the butt end of it. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 244 His brains would have been knocked out with the but end of a musket. 1897 K. S. Ranjitsinhji Jubilee Bk. Cricket iv. 148 A weak, springy [bat] handle is a mistake. A handle should bend like the butt-end of a good fly-rod. 1906 ‘A. Hope’ Sophy of Kravonia xxiii. 321 I just saw what happened before I got a crack on the crown of the head from the butt-end of a rifle. 1922 ‘R. Crompton’ Just—William ix. 174 I wouldn't be found dead in a ditch with her—wouldn't touch her with the butt-end of a barge-pole. 2006 New Yorker 6 Mar. 69/1 Porter grabbed his gaff hook and raised the butt end over his shoulder. 2. a. The last part or remnant of something; the fag end. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] > the latter part > mere butt end1597 fag endc1600 faga1627 tag-end1807 rag enda1869 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III ii. ii. 98 The butt end of a mothers blessing. View more context for this quotation 1676 Pacquet Advices to Men of Shaftesbury 36 The Dear Bag was gone, the Butt-end of all his hopes. 1710 E. Ward Tipling Philosophers 8 He then would reel home like a Beast, And tap the Butt-end of his Boys. 1820 Edinb. Rev. 33 207 Added to a Deposition the but-end of an Indictment. 1825 Blackwood's Mag. 18 162 Their rhapsodies only recall the butt-end of an ancient cavalier song. 1917 T. S. Eliot Love Song J. Alfred Prufrock in Prufrock & Other Observ. 12 How should I begin to spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways. 1964 Gloss. Letterpress Rotary Printing Terms (B.S.I.) 6 Rewind, the procedure for taking several butt ends of paper and winding them into a reel for use in the press. 2000 P. Agbabi Transformatrix 41 I'll celebrate the butt-end of the decade in New York in the dark with pink candles. b. spec. The end of a smoked cigarette or cigar; = butt n.⁶ 3b(a). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > thing which may be smoked > cigar or cigarette > butt or end of doup1710 butt end1827 old soldier1834 butt1847 stub1855 cigar-end1870 stub-end1875 cigarette-end1889 cigar-butt1891 snipe1891 fag end1892 fag1897 bumper1899 scag1915 cigarette-butt1923 dout1928 dog-end1934 roach1939 stompie1947 1827 W. Clarke Every Night Bk. 87 We strongly recommend you..to illumine the butt-end of your cigar with camel's dung. 1864 All Year Round 12 Mar. 98/2 He sat down, drew the candle closer to him,..re-illuminated the butt-end of his cigar. 1938 D. Thomas Let. 16 June (1987) 305 My pipe is full of buttends from the grate. 2003 People (Nexis) 21 Dec. 33 A council is giving away..portable ashtrays for smokers in a bid to stop them dropping butt-ends in streets. 3. The thickest part of a (felled) tree trunk or (cut) stem, branch, etc. Cf. butt n.⁶ 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > stem, trunk, or bole > base of stub1558 butt end1601 tree-foot1855 stump1902 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xvii. xxvii. 545 The tree must bee..boared through with an augoer toward the root or butt end [Fr. vers le pied]. 1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. 66 He nimbly got behind the butt-end of a tree newly turned up by the roots. 1762 J. Winthrop in Philos. Trans. 1761 (Royal Soc.) 52 10 A great tree, 2½ feet in diameter at the butt-end. 1792 Ann. Agric. 18 244 Great ricks of cane tops (the butt ends turned inwards) should be made in the most convenient corner of each field. 1821 tr. Let. 15 June in Evangelical Mag. & Missionary Chron. (1822) Feb. 77/2 We all know how it is with a tree, that the butt-end is the most solid part. 1890 A. Mackay Austral. Agriculturist (ed. 2) 32 Zigzag Fence..is made by embedding the butt end of one tree in a notch cut for the purpose in the top end of another. 1926 Roosevelt Wild Life Ann. 1 135 (caption) Stump 6 feet high; butt end of log showing at right. 1970 Washington Post 10 May h5/1 The more moist the butt ends, the fresher the asparagus. 2003 K. Kuitenbrouwer Way Up ii. 27 Trim the branches, cut the roots away, clean the butt end. 4. Ice Hockey and Lacrosse. A jab at another player with the handle end of the stick (an act which incurs a major penalty). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > hockey > [noun] > stab with handle end of stick butt end1931 butt-ending1946 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > lacrosse > [noun] > stab with handle end of stick butt end1931 butt-ending2010 1931 Manitoba Free Press 1 Apr. 19/4 Marty Burke, another defence star, was dragged from the game. A butt end under the heart Saturday night has made that organ palpitate alarmingly. 1963 A. O'Brien Headline Hockey 79 Blair told Ted O'Connor to hand No. 11 of the Swedish national team a butt-end. 1965 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 9 Apr. 38/1 Nobody ever gave you a better butt-end. 2015 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 11 Oct. sr 10 Canadians are, like everyone else, capable of violence, even if it is in the form of a butt-end, crosscheck, slash or gloves-down brawl. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹1548
随便看	to take alarm to take all day to take all etc time to take all her time to take all his time to take amiss to take an end to take an exception to take an exception against to take an exception exceptions against to take an experiment to take an eyeful to take an eyeful of to take an eyeful out of to take an instrument to take an oar to take an oath of to take an office to take an order to take apart to take arms to take articles to take as done to take as it comes to take as read

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