abut+on
41abut — To reach; to touch. To touch at the end; be contiguous; join at a border or boundary; terminate on; end at; border on; reach or touch with an end. The term abutting implies a closer proximity than the term adjacent. No intervening land …
42abut — The action of two gear teeth making contact …
43abut — To end at; to border on; to reach or touch with an end, as where a lot touches the highway. Hensler v Anacortes, 140 Wash 184, 248 P 406. See abutting owners …
44abut — see BUTT …
45abut upon — border on, be right next to …
46abut·ment — /əˈbʌtmənt/ noun, pl ments [count] technical : a heavy structure that supports something (such as a bridge) The car crashed into a bridge abutment …
47Abutted — Abut A*but , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Abutted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abutting}.] [OF. abouter, aboter; cf. F. aboutir, and also abuter; a (L. ad) + OF. boter, buter, to push: cf. F. bout end, and but end, purpose.] To project; to terminate or border; to… …
48Abutting — Abut A*but , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Abutted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abutting}.] [OF. abouter, aboter; cf. F. aboutir, and also abuter; a (L. ad) + OF. boter, buter, to push: cf. F. bout end, and but end, purpose.] To project; to terminate or border; to… …
49abutment — abut·ment …
50abuttals — abut·tals …
