Syn.
— Murder; slaughter; carnage. See Massacre.
BUTLER But"ler, n. Etym: [OE. boteler, F. bouteillier a bottle-bearer, a cupbearer, fr. LL. buticularius, fr. buticula bottle. See Bottle a hollow vessel.]
Defn: An officer in a king's or a nobleman's household, whose principal business it is to take charge of the liquors, plate, etc.; the head servant in a large house. The butler and the baker of the king of Egypt. Gen. xl. 5. Your wine locked up, your butler strolled abroad. Pope.
BUTLERAGE
But"ler*age, n. (O. Eng. Law)
Defn: A duty of two shillings on every tun of wine imported into England by merchant strangers; — so called because paid to the king's butler for the king. Blackstone.
BUTLERSHIP
But"ler*ship, n.
Defn: The office of a butler.
BUTMENT
But"ment, n. Etym: [Abbreviation of Abutment.]
1. (Arch.)
Defn: A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier.