Butt (v. t.) Alt. of But |
Butt (v. i.) To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity |
Butt (v. i.) To thrust the head forward |
Butt (v. t.) To strike by thrusting the head against |
Butt (n.) A large cask or vessel for wine or beer. It contains two hogsheads. |
Butt (n.) The common English flounder. |
Butt hinge () See 1st Butt, 10. |
Butting joint () 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 |
Butt joint () A joint in which the edges or ends of the pieces united come squarely together instead of overlapping. See 1st Butt, 8. |
Butt shaft () An arrow without a barb, for shooting at butts |
Butt weld () See Butt weld, under Butt. |
Coupling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Couple |
Coupling (n.) The act of bringing or coming together |
Coupling (n.) A device or contrivance which serves to couple or connect adjacent parts or objects |
Full-butt (adv.) With direct and violentop position |
Hooke's joint () A universal joint. See under Universal. |
Joint (n.) The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united |
Joint (n.) A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion |
Joint (n.) The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations |
Joint (n.) Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions by the butcher for roasting. |
Joint (n.) A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification. |
Joint (n.) The space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement, mortar, etc. |
Joint (n.) The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a structure are secured together. |
Joint (a.) Joined |
Joint (a.) Involving the united activity of two or more |
Joint (a.) United, joined, or sharing with another or with others |
Joint (a.) Shared by, or affecting two or more |
Joint (v. t.) To unite by a joint or joints |
Joint (v. t.) To join |
Joint (v. t.) To provide with a joint or joints |
Joint (v. t.) To separate the joints |
Joint (v. i.) To fit as if by joints |
Joint-fir (n.) A genus (Ephedra) of leafless shrubs, with the stems conspicuously jointed |
Straight-joint (a.) Having straight joints. |
Straight-joint (a.) Applied to a floor the boards of which are so laid that the joints form a continued line transverse to the length of the boards themselves. |
Straight-joint (a.) In the United States, applied to planking or flooring put together without the tongue and groove, the pieces being laid edge to edge. |
Water butt () A large, open-headed cask, set up on end, to contain water. |
Water joint () A joint in a stone pavement where the stones are left slightly higher than elsewhere, the rest of the surface being sunken or dished. The raised surface is intended to prevent the settling of water in the joints. |
butt welding butt-welding | creating a butt joint by welding |
flash welding flash butt welding | butt welding by creating an electric arc between the two pieces which melts and joins them, used for joining segments of metal pipe |
joint venture | a venture by a partnership or conglomerate designed to share risk or expertise, a joint venture between the film companies to produce TV shows |
coupling mating pairing conjugation union sexual union | the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes, the casual couplings of adolescents, the mating of some species occurs only in the spring |
kick in the butt | punishment inflicted by kicking the victim in the behind |
glass lizard glass snake joint snake | snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail |
fetlock fetlock joint | the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern |
hock hock-joint | tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals, corresponds to the human ankle |
artificial joint | a metal or plastic part that is surgically implanted to replace a natural joint (possibly elbow or wrist but usually hip or knee) |
ball-and-socket joint | a joint that can rotate within a socket |
butt butt end | thick end of the handle |
butt stub | the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking) |
butt | a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to hogsheads or gallons) |
butt hinge | a hinge mortised flush into the edge of the door and jamb |
butt joint butt | a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping |
butt shaft | a blunt arrow without a barb, an arrow used for target practice |
butt weld butt-weld | a butt joint that is welded |
cigar butt | small part of a cigar that is left after smoking |
cigarette cigaret coffin nail butt fag | finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper, for smoking |
cigarette butt | small part of a cigarette that is left after smoking |
clip joint | a place of entertainment where high prices are charged for poor entertainment |
coupling coupler | a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects |
dovetail dovetail joint | a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises |
fanny pack butt pack | a waist pack worn with the pouch in back |
fish joint | a butt joint formed by bolting fish plates to the sides of two rails or beams |
hinge flexible joint | a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other |
joint marijuana cigarette reefer stick spliff | marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking |
joint | junction by which parts or objects are joined together |
joint | a disreputable place of entertainment |
Joint Direct Attack Munition JDAM | a pinpoint bomb guidance device that can be strapped to a gravity bomb thus converting dumb bombs into smart bombs |
juke jook juke joint jook joint juke house jook house | a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox |
knuckle joint hinge joint | a joint allowing movement in one plane only |
lap joint splice | joint made by overlapping two ends and joining them together |
miter joint mitre joint miter mitre | joint that forms a corner, usually both sides are bevelled at a -degree angle to form a -degree corner |
mortise joint mortise-and-tenon joint | a joint made by inserting tenon on one piece into mortise holes in the other |
rabbet joint | a joint formed by fitting together two rabbeted boards |
rib joint pliers | a type of pliers |
rifle butt | the butt end of a rifle |
scarf joint scarf | a joint made by notching the ends of two pieces of timber or metal so that they will lock together end-to-end |
slip-joint pliers | pliers with a joint adjustable to two positions in order to increase the opening of the jaws |
strap hinge joint hinge | a hinge with two long straps, one strap is fastened to the surface of a moving part (e.g., a door or lid) and the other is fastened to the adjacent stationary frame |
target butt | sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at |
toggle joint | a joint made by two arms attached by a pivot, used to apply pressure at the two ends by straightening the joint |
tongue and groove joint | a mortise joint made by fitting a projection on the edge of one board into a matching groove on another board |
universal joint universal | coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions, in motor vehicles a universal joint allows the driveshaft to move up and down as the vehicle passes over bumps |
water butt | a butt set on end to contain water especially to store rainwater |
yoke coupling | a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together |
joint probability | the probability of two events occurring together |
mandibular joint temporomandibular joint articulatio temporomandibularis | the joint between the head of the lower jawbone and the temporal bone |
suture sutura fibrous joint | an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull) |