(chiefly literary or poetic) Merely, only, just, no more than
conj
(archaic) Without it also being the case that; unless that (introducing a necessary concomitant).
(colloquial) Used at the beginning of a sentence to express opposition to a remark.
(colloquial) Used to link an interjection to the following remark as an intensifier.
(obsolete) Except with; unless with; without.
(obsolete) Only; solely; merely.
(obsolete) Until.
(obsolete, following a negated expression of improbability) That.
Except that (introducing a subordinate clause which qualifies a negative statement); also, with omission of the subject of the subordinate clause, acting as a negative relative, "except one that", "except such that".
However, although, nevertheless, on the other hand (introducing a clause contrary to prior belief or in contrast with the preceding clause or sentence).
On the contrary, rather (as a regular adversative conjunction, introducing a word or clause in contrast or contradiction with the preceding negative clause or sentence).
noun
(Scotland) The outer room of a small two-room cottage.
A limit; a boundary.
An instance or example of using the word "but".
The end; especially the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end; the butt.
prep
(obsolete outside Scotland) Outside of.
Apart from, except (for), excluding.
verb
(archaic) Use the word "but".
tub
tub
noun
(humorous or derogatory) Any structure shaped like a tub, such as a certain old form of pulpit, a short broad boat, etc.
(mining) A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft.
(nautical, informal) A slow-moving craft.
(obsolete) A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.
(slang) A corpulent or obese person.
A bathtub.
A flat-bottomed vessel, of width similar to or greater than its height, used for storing or packing things, or for washing things in.
A small cask.
Any of various historically designated quantities of goods to be sold by the tub (butter, oysters, etc).
