Note: "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 occasio,." Bain.
BUT
But, n. Etym: [Cf. But, prep., adv. & conj.]
Defn: The outer apartment or kitchen of a two-roomed house; — opposed to ben, the inner room. [Scot.]
BUT
But, n. Etym: [See 1st But.]
1. A limit; a boundary.
2. The end; esp. the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end. See 1st Butt. But end, the larger or thicker end; as, the but end of a log; the but end of a musket. See Butt, n.
BUT
But, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Butted; p. pr. & vb. n. Butting.]
Defn: See Butt, v., and Abut, v.
BUTANE
Bu"tane, n. Etym: [L. butyrum butter. See Butter.] (Chem.)
Defn: An inflammable gaseous hydrocarbon, C4H10, of the marsh gas, or paraffin, series.