Difference between revisions of "Butt"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(username removed) |
|||
| (2 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
2) (verb) To place or join two ends together without any overlap. A butt hinge can be used to hold two abutting surfaces. | 2) (verb) To place or join two ends together without any overlap. A butt hinge can be used to hold two abutting surfaces. | ||
| − | == | + | ==Resources and Citations== |
| − | * | + | * Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, ''Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology'', U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982 |
| − | * | + | * Random House, ''Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language'', Grammercy Book, New York, 1997 |
* ''The American Heritage Dictionary'' or ''Encarta'', via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998 | * ''The American Heritage Dictionary'' or ''Encarta'', via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998 | ||
Latest revision as of 12:20, 11 May 2022
Description
1) The portion of a hide or skin that comes from the buttocks, back and hindquarters, of the animal. The butt portion of a hide is has the strongest and thickest skin.
2) (verb) To place or join two ends together without any overlap. A butt hinge can be used to hold two abutting surfaces.
Resources and Citations
- Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998