These are the meanings of the letters BUFTY when you unscramble them.
- But (adv. & conj.)
Except with; unless with; without.
- But (adv. & conj.)
Except; besides; save.
- But (adv. & conj.)
Excepting or excluding the fact that; save that; were it not that; unless; -- elliptical, for but that.
- But (adv. & conj.)
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 sense more 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.
- But (adv. & conj.)
Only; solely; merely.
- But (adv. & conj.)
Otherwise than that; that not; -- commonly, after a negative, with that.
- But (n.)
A limit; a boundary.
- But (n.)
The end; esp. the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end. See 1st Butt.
- But (prep., adv. & conj.)
The outer apartment or kitchen of a two-roomed house; -- opposed to ben, the inner room.
- But (v. i.)
See Butt, v., and Abut, v.
- But (v. t.)
A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering; -- also called butt joint.
- But (v. t.)
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.
- But (v. t.)
A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
- But (v. t.)
A mark to be shot at; a target.
- But (v. t.)
A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company.
- But (v. t.)
A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
- But (v. t.)
A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; as, the butt of a ram.
- But (v. t.)
A thrust in fencing.
- But (v. t.)
The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.
- But (v. t.)
The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
- But (v. t.)
The joint where two planks in a strake meet.
- But (v. t.)
The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.
- But (v. t.)
The thicker end of anything. See But.
- But (v. t.)
The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
- Buy (v. i.)
To negotiate or treat about a purchase.
- Buy (v. t.)
To acquire or procure by something given or done in exchange, literally or figuratively; to get, at a cost or sacrifice; to buy pleasure with pain.
- Buy (v. t.)
To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an accepted price or consideration therefor, or by agreeing to do so; to acquire by the payment of a price or value; to purchase; -- opposed to sell.
- Fub (n.)
Alt. of Fubs
- Fub (v. t.)
To put off by trickery; to cheat.
- Tub (i.)
To make use of a bathing tub; to lie or be in a bath; to bathe.
- Tub (n.)
A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft; -- so called by miners.
- Tub (n.)
A small cask; as, a tub of gin.
- Tub (n.)
A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.
- Tub (n.)
An open wooden vessel formed with staves, bottom, and hoops; a kind of short cask, half barrel, or firkin, usually with but one head, -- used for various purposes.
- Tub (n.)
Any structure shaped like a tub: as, a certain old form of pulpit; a short, broad boat, etc., -- often used jocosely or opprobriously.
- Tub (n.)
The amount which a tub contains, as a measure of quantity; as, a tub of butter; a tub of camphor, which is about 1 cwt., etc.
- Tub (v. t.)
To plant or set in a tub; as, to tub a plant.