To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut.
To strike bluntly, particularly with the head.
To strike bluntly with the head.
The joint where two planks in a strake meet.
A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head; a head butt.
The buttocks (used as a minced oath in idiomatic expressions; less objectionable than arse/ass).
The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
The whole buttocks and pelvic region that includes one's private parts.
The blunt back part of an axehead or large blade. Also called the poll.
A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed.
An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 126 wine gallons which is one-half tun; equivalent to the pipe.
Any of various flatfish such as sole, plaice or turbot
A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
The plastic or rubber cap used to cover the open end of a lacrosse stick's shaft in order to reduce injury.
A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc., so named because it is attached to the inside edge of the door and butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge.
The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.
A mark to be shot at; a target.
A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering.
The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.
The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
The shoulder of an animal, especially the portion above the picnic, as a cut of meat.
The end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired.
A thrust in fencing.
Body; self.
A used cigarette.
A wooden cask for storing wine, usually containing 126 gallons.
To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of.
To set free a chemical substance.
To let go (of); to cease to hold or contain.
To make available to the public.
To set up; to provide with a goal-scoring opportunity
To free or liberate; to set free.
(of a call) To hang up.
To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit.
to come out; be out.
To discharge.
To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
The act or manner of ending a sound.
In the block system, a printed card conveying information and instructions to be used at intermediate sidings without telegraphic stations.
The giving up of a claim, especially a debt.
Anything recently released or made available (as for sale).
A catch on a motor-starting rheostat, which automatically releases the rheostat arm and so stops the motor in case of a break in the field circuit.
The catch on an electromagnetic circuit breaker for a motor, triggered in the event of an overload.
The lever or button on a camera that opens the shutter to allow a photograph to be taken
Orgasm.
A kind of bridge used in jazz music.
The distribution of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product; the distribution can be either public or private.
The process by which a chemical substance is set free.
The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).
That which is released, untied or let go.
Liberation from pain or suffering.