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butt ((v.)) † Lumbering 
v. remove a damaged or otherwise unsatisfactory end from a log or length of timber.
- 1858 (1964) [Chas. Perry's sawmill has] . . . in all 130 saws, besides circulars for butting, cutting laths, etc.
- 1945 This piece would have a bruised or split end cut off--"butted," as the phrase was. . . .
- 1858 (1964) [Chas. Perry's sawmill has] . . . in all 130 saws, besides circulars for butting, cutting laths, etc.