trans. [f. prec. sb.]

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  † 1.  In horse-racing: To overtake (a horse).

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1617.  Markham, Caval., VI. viii. 43. Say you come in that twelue score [yards] to buttocke him, you shall then finde [etc.].

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  2.  In wrestling: To throw (an adversary) by a manœuvre in which the buttock or the hip is used.

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1883.  Standard, 24 March, 3/7. In the third and final tussle, however, Simpson buttocked Carradyce beautifully, and won.

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