1. (adverb)merely, simply, just, only, but and nothingmore "I was merely asking"; "it is simply a matter of time"; "just a scratch"; "he was only a child"; "hopes that last but a moment"
5. BUT excepting or excluding the fact that; save that; were it not that; unless; -- elliptical, for but that
6. BUT otherwise than that; that not; -- commonly, after a negative, with that
7. BUT only; solely; merely
8. BUT on the contrary; on the other hand; only; yet; still; however; nevertheless; more; further; -- as connective of sentences or clauses of a sentence, in a sensemore or less exceptive or adversative; as, the House of Representatives passed the bill, but the Senate dissented; our wants are many, but quite of another kind
9. BUT the outer apartment or kitchen of a two-roomed house; -- opposed to ben, the inner room
10. (verb)BUT see Butt, v., and Abut, v
11. (verb)BUT a limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end
12. (verb)BUT the thicker end of anything. See But
22. (verb)BUT a kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; -- so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butthinge
23. (verb)BUT the thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks
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