An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

BUT, prep. Besides.
Barbour.

A. S. butan, praeter.

BUT, v. imp. Expressive of necessity, S.
V. [Boot].

BUT, s. Let, impediment, S. This is merely the prep. used as a substantive.

BUT AND, prep. Besides.
V. [Botand].

BUTER, BUTTER, s. Bittern.
V. Boytour.

BUTT, s.
1. A piece of ground, which in ploughing does not form a proper ridge, but is excluded as an angle, S.
2. A small piece of ground disjoined from the adjacent lands.

Fr. bout, end, extremity. L. B. butta terrae, agellus.

3. Those parts of the tanned hides of horses which are under the crupper, are called butts, probably as being the extremities, S.

BUTWARDS, adv. Towards the outer part of a room, S. B.
Ross.