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I. conjunction
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English būtan, preposition & conjunction, outside, without, except, except that; akin to Old High German būzan without, except; akin to Old English be by, ūt out — more at by, out
Date: before 12th century
1.
a. except for the fact <
would have protested but that he was afraid
>
b. that — used after a negative <there is no doubt but he won
>
c. without the concomitant that <it never rains but it pours
>
d. if not ; unless
e. than <no sooner started but it stopped
> — not often in formal use
2.
a. on the contrary ; on the other hand ; notwithstanding — used to connect coordinate elements <he was called but he did not answer
> <not peace but a sword
>
b. yet <poor but proud
>
c. with the exception of — used before a word often taken to be the subject of a clause <none but the brave deserves the fair — John Dryden
>
II. preposition
Date: before 12th century
1.
a. with the exception of ; barring <no one there but me
> — compare but I,2c
b. other than <this letter is nothing but an insult
>
2. Scottish
a. without, lacking
b. outside
III. adverb
Date: 12th century
1. only, merely <he is but a child
>
2. Scottish outside
3. to the contrary <who knows but that she may succeed
>
4. — used as an intensive <get there but fast
>
IV. pronoun
Date: 1556
that not ; who not <nobody but has his fault — Shakespeare
>
V. noun
Etymology: Scots but, adjective (outer)
Date: 1724
Scottish the kitchen or living quarters of a 2-room cottage
New Collegiate Dictionary.
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But — (b[u^]t), prep., adv. & conj. [OE. bute, buten, AS. b[=u]tan, without, on the outside, except, besides; pref. be + [=u]tan outward, without, fr. [=u]t out. Primarily, b[=u]tan, as well as [=u]t, is an adverb. [root]198. See {By}, {Out}; cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
But if — But But (b[u^]t), prep., adv. & conj. [OE. bute, buten, AS. b[=u]tan, without, on the outside, except, besides; pref. be + [=u]tan outward, without, fr. [=u]t out. Primarily, b[=u]tan, as well as [=u]t, is an adverb. [root]198. See {By}, {Out};… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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But — But, n. [See 1st {But}.] 1. A limit; a boundary. [1913 Webster] 2. The end; esp. the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end. Now disused in this sense, being replaced by {butt}[2]. See 1st {Butt}. [1913 Webster… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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But — But, n. [Cf. {But}, prep., adv. & conj.] The outer apartment or kitchen of a two roomed house; opposed to {ben}, the inner room. [Scot.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
But — But, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Butted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Butting}.] See {Butt}, v., and {Abut}, v. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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But. — But., chemisches Zeichen für Buttersäure … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon