busyness (bizines)

[ them. Grant. is entirely ignorant of the arts by which popularity is preserved and a show of busyne kept up by The Nation, Sept. 16, 1869, p. 224. busytyt, n. [Early mod. E., but1 (but), adv., prep., and conj. [Early mod. E. also bot, bote; = Hit was swuthe mouchel scome [a very great shame] That scholde a quene be on King in thi e londe, Heora sunen be on buten [var. boute ]. Layamon , I. 159. 2. In or to the outer room of a cottage having a but and a ben: as, he was but a few minutes ago; he gaed but just now. [Scotch.]-3. Only; merely; just. See III. II. prep. 11. Outside of; without.- 2t. To the outside of.-3. To the outer apartment of: as, gae but the house. [Scotch.]-4. Without; not having; apart from. Summe [sc. weren] al bute fet [without feet]. Old Eng . Homilies (ed. Morris), 1st ser., р. 43. Of fa oun fair, but feir [without equal]. Dunbar . Touch not a cat but a glove. Scotch proverb. 5. Except; besides; more than. [In this use generally preceded by a clause containing or implying a negation, and not easily separable from the conjunctional use, under which most of the examples fall. The conjunction, on the other hand, in some elliptical constructions a umes a prepositional phase, and in other constructions an ad verbial phase. See below.] III. conj . 1. Except; unle : after a clause containing or implying a negation, and introducing the following clause, in which (the verb being usually omitted because implied in the preceding clause) but before the noun (subject or object of the omitted verb) comes to be regarded as a preposition governing the noun. Nis [ ne is , is not] buten an god [nom.]. Ther nis bot a godd [nom.]. Legend of St. Katherine , p. 367. Legend of St. Katherine , p. 282. Nis non other bute he [nom.]. Old Eng. Homilies (ed. Morris), 2d ser., p. 109. Nefede [had not] he boten anne sune [acc.]. Layamon , I. 5. Away went Gilpin - who but he? Cowper , John Gilpin. The clause introduced by but (the apparent object of the quasi-preposition) may be a single word, an infinitive or prepositional phrase, or a clause with that . For albeit that pain was ordeined of God for the punishment of sinnes (for which they that neuer can now but sinne, can neuer be but euer punished in hel), yet in this world the punishment by tribulation ordinarily for a meane of amendment. . serueth Sir T. More, Cumfort against Tribulation (1573), fol. 11. Noe lawes of man (according to the straight rule of right) are just, but as in regard to the evills which they prevent. Spenser, State of Ireland. I cannot choose but weep to see him. Beau , and Fl . , King and No King, iii. 3. but The wedding guest he beat his breast, Yet he cannot choose but hear. Cole ridge, Ancient Mariner. No war ought ever to be undertaken but under circum. stances which render all interchange of courtesy between the combatants impo ible. Macaulay , Mitford's Hist. Greece. That but for this our souls were free, And but for that our lives were blest. O. W. Holmes, What we all Think. By ellipsis of the subject of the clause introduced by but in this construction, but becomes equivalent to that not or who. not. There is none soe badd, Eudoxus, but shall finde some to favoure his doinges. Spenser, State of Ireland. No voice exempt, no voice but well could join Melodious part. Milton , P. L., iii. 370. Hardly a cavalier in the land but would have thought it a reproach to remain behind. Pre scott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 24. What will but felt the fleshly screen? Browning , Last Ride Together. In this construction the negative, being implied in but, came to be omitted, especially in connection with the verb be, in the principal clause, the construction "There is not but one God, as in the first example, becoming "There is but one God," leaving but as a quasi-adverb, 'only, merely, simply.' This use is also extended to constructions not originally negative. If God would giue the goodes only to good men, than would folke take occasion to serue him but for them. Sir T. More, Cumfort against Tribulation (1573), fol. 35. If they kill us, we shall but die. 2 Ki, vii. 4. I am, my lord, but as my betters are, That led me hither. Shak ., 2 Hen. IV., iv. &. Do but go ki him, Or touch him but . B. Jonson, Volpone, iii. 6. But form'd, and fight! but born, and then rebel! Quarles, Emblems, iii. 6. For alms are but the vehicle of prayer. Dryden, Hind and Panther, L. 1400. How happy I should be if I could tease her into loving me, though but a little! Sheridan , School for Scandal, iii. 1. Once, and but once, this [Bacon's] course of prosperity was for a moment interrupted. Macaulay , Lord Bacon. Against his sharp steel lightnings Stood the Suliote but to die. Whittier , The Hero. To the last two constructions, respectively, belong the idioms "I cannot but hope that," etc., and "I can but hope that," etc. The former has suffered ellipsis of the principal verb in the first clause: "I cannot do anything but hope," or "anything else than hope," or "otherwise than hope," etc., implying constraint, in that there is an alternative which one is mentally unable or reluctant to accept, but being equivalent to otherwise than. The latter, "I can but hope that," etc., has suffered further ellipsis of the negative, and, though historically the same as the former, is idiomatically different: "I can only hope that," etc., implying restraint, in that there is no alternative or op port unity of action, but being equivalent to only, not otherwise than, or no more than. I cannot but remember such things were, That were most precious to me. Shak ., Macbeth, iv. & I cannot but Applaud your scorn of injuries. IMG:content-2798.png:[blocks in formation] Yet he could not but acknowledge to himself that there was something calculated to impre awe,. in the sudden appearances and vanishings. of the masque. De Quincey. In an interrogative sentence implying a negative answer, can but is equivalent to cannot but in a declarative sentence. Why, who can but believe him? he does swear So earnestly, that if it were not true, The gods would not endure him. Beau . and Fl . , Phil aster, iii. 1. After doubt , or doubt not , and other expre ions involving a negative, but may be used as after other negatives, but that being often used pleonastically for that . I doubt not but I shall find them tractable enough. Shak., Pericles, iv. 6. My lord, I neither can nor will deny But that I know them. Shak ., All's Well, v. 3. I doubt not but there may be many wise Men in all Places and Degrees, but am sorry the effects of Wisdom are so little seen among us. Milton , Free Commonwealth. I do not doubt but England is at present as polite a na tion as any in the world. Steele , Spectator, No. 6. There is no question but the King of Spain will reform Add is on , Travels in Italy. most of the abuses. Hence the use of but with if or that , forming a unitary phrase but if , 'unle , if not, but that , 'except that, un- le ' (these phrases having of course also their analytical meaning, with but in its adversative use). Gramer for gurles I gon furste to write, And beot hem with a baleys but zif the i wolde lernen. Piers Plowman (A), xi. 132 But if I have my wille, For derne love of thee, leman, I spille. Chaucer, Miller's Tale, 1. 91. Lese the frater nete of the gilde for euere more, but if he haue grace, English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 96 The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary isolated uses derived from the preceding.]=Syn. How- ever, Still , Neverthele , etc. See however . but1 (but), n. [Sc., but1 , adv ., prep ., and conj ., outside, without. Cf. the correlative ben1 , n.] The outer room of a house consisting of only two rooms; the kitchen: the other room being the ben . To live but and ben with. See ben1 . After negative clauses. Sildome but some good commeth ere the end. Spenser, Mother Hub. Tale, 1. 172. I see not then but we should enjoy the same license. B. Jonson. And know there shall be nothing in my power You may deserve, but you shall have your wishes. Beau . and Fl ., Phil aster, v. 4. Shall alter it, since now the die is cast, But that this hour to Pompey is his last. IMG:content-2800.png:[blocks in formation] butcher oust (buch'er-us), a . [ butcher + -ous . ] Murderous; cruel. That those thy butcher ous hands Should offer violence to thy flesh and blood. Chapman (?), Alphonsus, v. 2. butcher-rowt (buch'er-rō), n. A row of sham- bles; a meat-market. but3, v. See butt1 . but4, n. and v. buts (but), v. Short for abut . See butt2 . but6 (but), n. butch (büch), v . t . [A umed from butcher , like peddle from peddler.] To butcher; cut, as flesh. [Rare.] Take thy huge offal and white liver hence, Or in a twinkling of this true-blue steel I shall be butching thee from nape to rump. Sir H. Taylor , Ph. van Art., II., iii. 1. butcher (buch'er), n. [ bochier , bouchier , boucher , F. boucher (= Pr. bo- chier; ML. buccarius ), orig. a killer of he-goats, or seller of their flesh, boc , bouc , F. bouc = Pr. boc (ML. buccus ), a he-goat: see buck1 . Cf. It. beccajo , beccaro, a butcher, becсо , а IMG:content-2801.png:[blocks in formation] Last year, my love, it was my hap Behind a grenadier to be, And, but he wore a hairy cap, IMG:content-2802.png:[blocks in formation] animals for food. - 21. An executioner.-3. One who kills in a cruel or bloody manner; one guilty of indiscriminate slaughter. for the most part, are but the great butchers of mankind. 4. Figuratively, an unskilful workman or per- former; a bungler; a botch. [Colloq.] - Butch- er's broom. See broom1. - Butcher's Cleaver. See Charles's Wain, under wain . butcher (bücher), v . t. [ butcher , n.] 1. To kill or slaughter for food or for market.-2. To murder, especially in an unusually bloody or barbarous manner. A man beset by a a ins is not bound to let himself be tortured and butchered without using his weapons. IMG:content-2803.png:[blocks in formation] Sax you sand years are near hand sped Sin' I was to the butching bred. IMG:content-2804.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2805.png:[graphic] hangs meat termined with upon hooks. precision. The common buteonine excubitor; two common American species are the great northern shrike, L. borealis , and a smaller southern spe- butcher-bird of (būtē-ō-nin), Europe is L. a . [ Buteo ( n- ) + -ine1.] Buz- zard-like; re- sembling buzzard; be- longing to the butcher-crow (buch'èr-krō), n. A bird of the family Corvid a , genus Barita , inhabiting New butcher dom (buch'er-dom), n. The condition or trade of a butcher. [Rare.] butcherer (búch'èr-ér), n. [ butcher , v., + -er1.] One who butchers; a butcher. [Rare.] butcher lin e (buch'èr-li-nes), n. The quality of being butcherly. Johnson. butcherly (büch'er-li), a. [ butcher + -ly1.] Pertaining to or characteristic of a butcher; done in the manner of a butcher. Lord Ru ell was beheaded in Lincoln's Inn Fields, the executioner giving him three butcherly strokes. butcher-meat (bücher-mēt), n. The flesh of animals slaughtered by the butcher for food, such as that of oxen, sheep, pigs, etc., as dis- group of hawks of which the genus Buteo is typical. but-gap (but'- gap), n. [E. dial., appar. but or butt2 , a bound, limit, + gap .] fence of turf. Buthus (bū'- thus), n. [NL.] A genus of scorpions, of the family An- Buthus droctonida. B. carol in us (Beauvois) is common in the southern United States. Its sting is poisonous, but seldom fatal.