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A thrust in fencing.

A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.

A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering; -- also called butt joint.

The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.

The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.

The joint where two planks in a strake meet.

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 butt hinge.

The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.

The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.

The common European starfish (Asterias rubens).

An inflammable gaseous hydrocarbon, C4H10, of the marsh gas, or paraffin, series.

One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food.

A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle.

To kill or slaughter (animals) for food, or for market; as, to butcher hogs.

To murder, or kill, especially in an unusually bloody or barbarous manner.

A genus of plants (Ruscus); esp. R. aculeatus, which has large red berries and leaflike branches. See Cladophyll.

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The business of a butcher.

The act of slaughtering; the act of killing cruelly and needlessly.