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Word of the Day for Friday, June 17, 2011abut \uh-buht\, verb: 1. To be adjacent; touch or join at the edge or border. All these enclosures abut upon the river at one end, and on a house at the other. Most of Williamson Street has buildings that abut the sidewalk, Ross said, but the ongoing construction there doesn't change the rules. Abut relates to the Old French abuter, "to touch at one end," but also verbally relates to "of a but to" the end of something, and perhaps derives influence from the English butt, or "ending." | |||||||||
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