abut

i. [Fr. bouter to meet end to end; fr. bout end: O. Fr. boter, boiter, bouter = to strike with the head as a ram or goat'does; to butt.] [BUTT.] Lit. To have its end contiguous to, to adjoin at the end; but the more general signification is, to border upon, to be contiguous to, without reference to the side which constitutes the boundary line. "The leafy shelter, that abuts against The island's side." --Shakesp. Pericles, v L