tabuttaling

[As if pr. par. from. abuttal.] The tracing on a title-deed the abuttals or boundaries of land. "The name and place of the thing granted were ordinarily expre ed, as well before ore as after the Con quest; but the particular manner of abuttal ling , with the term itself, arose from the Normans."-Spelman: Ancient Deeds & Charters , ch. v. a-but-těr, s. [ABUT.] That which abuts. a-but-ting, pr . par . & a. [ABUT.] (1) Bounding, constituting the limit or bound- ary of land; (2) butting with the forehead, as a ram does. In the example which fol- lows these two significations are blended together. "Are now confined two mighty monarchies, Whose high upreared and abutting fronts The perilous, narrow ocean parts asunder." Shakesp. Henry V., Prologue . Arch. Abutting power is the power of resistance to the horizontal thrust. *a-buy, a-buyġe'. [ABIE (2).]