BUTTING JOINT
But"ting joint`.
Defn: A joint between two pieces of timber or wood, at the end of one or both, and either at right angles or oblique to the grain, as the joints which the struts and braces form with the truss posts; — sometimes called abutting joint.
BUTT JOINT
Butt" joint`.
Defn: A joint in which the edges or ends of the pieces united come squarely together instead of overlapping. See 1st Butt, 8.
BUTTOCK
But"tock, n. Etym: [From Butt an end.]
1. The part at the back of the hip, which, in man, forms one of the rounded protuberances on which he sits; the rump.
2. (Naut.)
Defn: The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern. Mar. Dict.
BUTTON But"ton, n. Etym: [OE. boton, botoun, F. bouton button, bud, prop. something pushing out, fr. bouter to push. See Butt an end.]
1. A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.