butt-cutn.

Brit.

/ˈbʌtkʌt/, U.S.

/ˈbətˌkət/

Forms: see butt n.⁶ and cut n.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: butt n.⁶, cut n.²

Etymology: < butt n.⁶ (compare sense 2a at that entry) + cut n.²

U.S.

a. A portion cut from a plant, esp. a felled tree, that includes the butt (see butt n.⁶ 2).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > one who is important

persona1425

personagec1460

colossus1605

satrapon1650

bigwig1772

big man1789

butt-cut1806

tallboy1820

buzz-wig1854

great or high shot1861

celestial1874

pot1880

big stuff1883

importance1886

big wheel1893

mandarin1907

the (also a) big noise1909

hotty1910

big boy1918

biggie1926

hotshot1933

wheel1933

eminence1935

top hat1936

big or great white chief1937

Mr Big1940

big kahuna1966

the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [noun] > and broadness > person

giant1559

Hercules1567

Gogmagogc1580

cob1582

Gargantuist1593

hulk1600

rhinoceros1602

colossus1605

pompiona1616

lump1630

strapper1675

man-mountain1726

Brobdingnagian1728

grenadier1805

butt-cut1806

gorilla1884

King Kong1933

hunk1941

the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > felling trees > felled trees

butt-cut1806

1806 S. W. Johnson Rural Econ. iv. i. 167 Scions or cuttings are said to be best when they are taken from the mature full-grown wood, and are butt cuts.

1807 J. Pearson Let. 28 Aug. in Mem. Philadelphia Soc. for Promoting Agric. (1808) 1 180 A chesnut sapling..made nine rail cuts of 11 feet each, the butt cut, made 10 rails, the last cut made one.

1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xv. 259 The ‘butt cut’ of the tree lies as it fell, the top reached by means of a ladder.

1937 Timberman Mar. 32 By using the foot-deep corrugations at the butt cut, the woods boss and your scribe managed to climb the 15-foot side of the log to get on top.

1963 Jrnl. Forestry 61 53/2 Butt-cuts yielded more rooted cuttings than second-cuts, and those which rooted grew faster.

2005 M. A. Fonseca Measurem. Roundwood ii. 7 It is commonly accepted that the diameter taken at the butt-cut does not give a representative profile of the tree.

b. figurative. A person likened to a butt-cut, esp. in being an embodiment or exemplar of something. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > [noun] > one who or that which

common person1535

figurer1548

representor1553

representera1586

representator1603

representative1638

embodier1654

butt-cut1830

thinger1883

1830 Northern Watchman (Troy, N.Y.) 19 Oct. [He] weighs little short of 450 lbs. and is familiarly known as the But-cut.

1840 J. P. Kennedy Quodlibet 172 Nebuchadnezzar couldn't beat him at a speech. He's the Butt cut of democracy.

1874 Harper's Mag. Sept. 604/1 Pray with all your mind and strength, for you are the very butt-cut of sin!

1950 R. P. Warren World Enough & Time viii. 304 He might be compelled to confess to save the neck of that prinking fool and butt-cut of cowardice.

†2. The section of bark taken from the butt of a tree prior to felling. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1905 Terms Forestry & Logging (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 61) 32 Butt cut, in gathering tanbark, the section of bark taken from the butt of a tree before felling it for further peeling.

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

单词	butt-cut
释义	butt-cutn. Brit. /ˈbʌtkʌt/, U.S. /ˈbətˌkət/ Forms: see butt n.⁶ and cut n.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: butt n.⁶, cut n.² Etymology: < butt n.⁶ (compare sense 2a at that entry) + cut n.² U.S. 1. a. A portion cut from a plant, esp. a felled tree, that includes the butt (see butt n.⁶ 2). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > one who is important persona1425 personagec1460 colossus1605 satrapon1650 bigwig1772 big man1789 butt-cut1806 tallboy1820 buzz-wig1854 great or high shot1861 celestial1874 pot1880 big stuff1883 importance1886 big wheel1893 mandarin1907 the (also a) big noise1909 hotty1910 big boy1918 biggie1926 hotshot1933 wheel1933 eminence1935 top hat1936 big or great white chief1937 Mr Big1940 big kahuna1966 the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [noun] > and broadness > person giant1559 Hercules1567 Gogmagogc1580 cob1582 Gargantuist1593 hulk1600 rhinoceros1602 colossus1605 pompiona1616 lump1630 strapper1675 man-mountain1726 Brobdingnagian1728 grenadier1805 butt-cut1806 gorilla1884 King Kong1933 hunk1941 the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > felling trees > felled trees butt-cut1806 1806 S. W. Johnson Rural Econ. iv. i. 167 Scions or cuttings are said to be best when they are taken from the mature full-grown wood, and are butt cuts. 1807 J. Pearson Let. 28 Aug. in Mem. Philadelphia Soc. for Promoting Agric. (1808) 1 180 A chesnut sapling..made nine rail cuts of 11 feet each, the butt cut, made 10 rails, the last cut made one. 1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xv. 259 The ‘butt cut’ of the tree lies as it fell, the top reached by means of a ladder. 1937 Timberman Mar. 32 By using the foot-deep corrugations at the butt cut, the woods boss and your scribe managed to climb the 15-foot side of the log to get on top. 1963 Jrnl. Forestry 61 53/2 Butt-cuts yielded more rooted cuttings than second-cuts, and those which rooted grew faster. 2005 M. A. Fonseca Measurem. Roundwood ii. 7 It is commonly accepted that the diameter taken at the butt-cut does not give a representative profile of the tree. b. figurative. A person likened to a butt-cut, esp. in being an embodiment or exemplar of something. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > [noun] > one who or that which common person1535 figurer1548 representor1553 representera1586 representator1603 representative1638 embodier1654 butt-cut1830 thinger1883 1830 Northern Watchman (Troy, N.Y.) 19 Oct. [He] weighs little short of 450 lbs. and is familiarly known as the But-cut. 1840 J. P. Kennedy Quodlibet 172 Nebuchadnezzar couldn't beat him at a speech. He's the Butt cut of democracy. 1874 Harper's Mag. Sept. 604/1 Pray with all your mind and strength, for you are the very butt-cut of sin! 1950 R. P. Warren World Enough & Time viii. 304 He might be compelled to confess to save the neck of that prinking fool and butt-cut of cowardice. †2. The section of bark taken from the butt of a tree prior to felling. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1905 Terms Forestry & Logging (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 61) 32 Butt cut, in gathering tanbark, the section of bark taken from the butt of a tree before felling it for further peeling. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1806
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