The blunt back part of an axehead or large blade. Also called the poll.
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.
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 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.
Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩, sometimes (generally proscribed) inclusive of similar marks such as the backslash ⟨\⟩.