butted

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

But \But\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Butted; p. pr. & vb. n. Butting.] See Butt, v., and Abut, v. [1913 Webster]
Butt \Butt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Butted; p. pr. & vb. n. Butting.] [OE. butten, OF. boter to push, F. bouter. See Butt an end, and cf. Boutade.]

1.To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut. [Written also but.] [1913 Webster]

And Barnsdale there doth butt on Don's well-watered ground.— Drayton.[1913 Webster]

2.To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See Butt, n.] [1913 Webster]

A snow-white steer before thine altar led, Butts with his threatening brows.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
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