about, n.m., (carp.) end, butt-end.
abouté, -e, adj., placed end to end.
aboutement (-boot-mān), n.m., (carp.) but, abutment.
abouter, v.a., to join end to end.
aboutir, v.n., to join; to border upon; to meet; (surg.) to burst; to come to; to tend to; to end in. N’— à rien; to come to nothing; to end in smoke. Ce champ aboutit à un marais; this field borders upon a fen. Faire — un abcès; to bring an abscess to a head. S’aboutir (gard.); to bud, be covered with buds.
aboutissant, -e, adj., bordering upon.
aboutissants (rarely used without the word tenants), n.m., pl., boundaries of an estate; abuttals, particulars; connections. Je n’aime pas les tenants et — de cet homme; I do not like the set by which that man is surrounded. Savoir les tenants et — d’une affaire; to know all about a thing.
aboutissement (-mān), n.m., eking piece (tailoring); (surg.) the drawing to a head.
ab ovo, adv., from the very beginning.