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But (bŭt), prep., adv. & conj. [OE. bute, buten, AS. b&ū;tan, without, on the outside, except, besides; pref. be- + &ū;tan outward, without, fr. &ū;t out. Primarily, b&ū;tan, as well as &ū;t, is an adverb. √198. See By, Out; cf. About.] 1. Except with; unless with; without. [Obs.]
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So insolent that he could not go but either spurning equals or trampling on his inferiors.
Fuller.
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Touch not the cat but a glove.
Motto of the Mackintoshes.
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2. Except; besides; save.
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Who can it be, ye gods! but perjured Lycon?
E. Smith.
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&hand_; In this sense, but is often used with other particles; as, but for, without, had it not been for. “Uncreated but for love divine.” Young.
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3. Excepting or excluding the fact that; save that; were it not that; unless; -- elliptical, for but that.
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And but my noble Moor is true of mind . . . it were enough to put him to ill thinking.
Shak.
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4. Otherwise than that; that not; -- commonly, after a negative, with that.
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It cannot be but nature hath some director, of infinite power, to guide her in all her ways.
Hooker.
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There is no question but the king of Spain will reform most of the abuses.
Addison.
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5. Only; solely; merely.
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Observe but how their own principles combat one another.
Milton.
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If they kill us, we shall but die.
2 Kings vii. 4.
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A formidable man but to his friends.
Dryden.
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6. On the contrary; on the other hand; only; yet; still; however; nevertheless; more; further; -- as connective of sentences or clauses of a sentence, in a sense more or less exceptive or adversative; as, the House of Representatives passed the bill, but the Senate dissented; our wants are many, but quite of another kind.
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Now abideth faith hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
1 Cor. xiii. 13.
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When pride cometh, then cometh shame; but with the lowly is wisdom.
Prov. xi. 2.
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All but. See under All. -- But and if, but if; an attempt on the part of King James's translators of the Bible to express the conjunctive and adversative force of the Greek &unr_;.
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But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; . . . the lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him.
Luke xii. 45, 46.
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But if, unless. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Thou her afford, full shortly I her dead shall see.
Spenser.
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Syn. -- But, However, Still. These conjunctions mark opposition in passing from one thought or topic to another. But marks the opposition with a medium degree of strength; as, this is not winter, but it is almost as cold; he requested my assistance, but I shall not aid him at present. However is weaker, and throws the opposition (as it were) into the background; as, this is not winter; it is, however, almost as cold; he required my assistance; at present, however, I shall not afford him aid. The plan, however, is still under consideration, and may yet be adopted. Still is stronger than but, and marks the opposition more emphatically; as, your arguments are weighty; still they do not convince me. See Except, However.
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&hand_; “The chief error with but is to use it where and is enough; an error springing from the tendency to use strong words without sufficient occasion.” Bain.
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But (&unr_;), n. [Cf. But, prep., adv. & conj.] The outer apartment or kitchen of a two-roomed house; -- opposed to ben, the inner room. [Scot.]
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But, n. [See 1st But.] 1. A limit; a boundary.
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2. The end; esp. the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end. Now disused in this sense, being replaced by butt{2}. See 1st Butt.
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But end, the larger or thicker end; as, the but end of a log; the but end of a musket. See Butt, n.
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But, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Butted; p. pr. & vb. n. Butting.] See Butt, v., and Abut, v.
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