Butte

A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language · 1862 · p. 2

, sb. == a fish, probably a turbot. HD. 759. The Prompt. Parv. translates it by ‘pecten;’ the Pictorial Vocab., published by Mr Wright, p. 254, has ‘hic turbo’ == ‘a but.’ See N. and Q. 2d S. vi. 382. Sw. butt a