Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abutting or abuttal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An abuttal; a boundary.
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- verb Present participle of
butt . - noun An
abuttal ; aboundary .
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Examples
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Brute Force (1947): Tough, unsmiling inmate Joe Collins (Lancaster) has spent much of his long prison term butting heads with sadistic, power-hungry Captain Munsey (Hume Cronyn).
John Farr: Burt Lancaster: Always Larger Than Life John Farr 2011
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Mindful out-butting is a neglected spiritual practice these days, I feel.
Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway markgritter 2009
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Brute Force (1947): Tough, unsmiling inmate Joe Collins (Lancaster) has spent much of his long prison term butting heads with sadistic, power-hungry Captain Munsey (Hume Cronyn).
John Farr: Burt Lancaster: Always Larger Than Life John Farr 2011
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Northing wrong in butting his country first and wanting to protect Israel but NOT as an American politician.
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Brute Force (1947): Tough, unsmiling inmate Joe Collins (Lancaster) has spent much of his long prison term butting heads with sadistic, power-hungry Captain Munsey (Hume Cronyn).
John Farr: Burt Lancaster: Always Larger Than Life John Farr 2011
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Massa's intellectual history, "The American Catholic Revolution: How the '60s Changed the Church Forever," describes how celebrating the Mass in English, butting heads with the pope on birth control, and priests protesting the Vietnam War opened new possibilities -- and controversies -- in the church.
How The '60s Transformed The Catholic Church Forever: An Interview With Rev. Mark Massa 2010
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Massa's intellectual history, "The American Catholic Revolution: How the '60s Changed the Church Forever," describes how celebrating the Mass in English, butting heads with the pope on birth control, and priests protesting the Vietnam War opened new possibilities -- and controversies -- in the church.
How The '60s Transformed The Catholic Church Forever: An Interview With Rev. Mark Massa 2010
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Massa's intellectual history, "The American Catholic Revolution: How the '60s Changed the Church Forever," describes how celebrating the Mass in English, butting heads with the pope on birth control, and priests protesting the Vietnam War opened new possibilities -- and controversies -- in the church.
How The '60s Transformed The Catholic Church Forever: An Interview With Rev. Mark Massa 2010
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Massa's intellectual history, "The American Catholic Revolution: How the '60s Changed the Church Forever," describes how celebrating the Mass in English, butting heads with the pope on birth control, and priests protesting the Vietnam War opened new possibilities -- and controversies -- in the church.
How The '60s Transformed The Catholic Church Forever: An Interview With Rev. Mark Massa 2010
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Massa's intellectual history, "The American Catholic Revolution: How the '60s Changed the Church Forever," describes how celebrating the Mass in English, butting heads with the pope on birth control, and priests protesting the Vietnam War opened new possibilities -- and controversies -- in the church.
How The '60s Transformed The Catholic Church Forever: An Interview With Rev. Mark Massa 2010
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