Bute, butte, or bute à regret, f. (thieves’), guillotine. Monter à la ——, to be guillotined.
Buté, adj. (thieves’), guillotined; murdered. See [Fauché].
Ils l’ont buté à coups de vingt-deux.—E. Sue. (They killed him by stabbing him.)
Buter (thieves’), to kill, to guillotine; to execute.
On va le buter, il est depuis deux mois gerbé à la passe.—Balzac. (He is going to be executed, he was sentenced to death two months ago.)
Buteur (thieves’), murderer; executioner. See [Taule].
Butin, m. (soldiers’), equipment.
Butre (thieves’), dish.
Buvailler (popular), to drink little or slowly.
Buvailleur or buvaillon, m. (popular), a man who cannot stand drink.