[f. BUTT sb.3]

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  1.  Angling. (trans.) To give the butt to (see BUTT sb.3 1 b).

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1867.  F. Francis, Angling, ix. (1880), 332. If it becomes necessary to butt a fish.

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  2.  U.S. ? To cut off the rough ends of logs or boards.

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1880.  Northw. Lumberman, Jan., 24. If we were buying the logs, we should try to get enough off the scale to pay for the butting, or rather for manufacturing the timber into logs.

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