Butt had been a polite parliamentarian, reverencing the courtesy of debate and at heart loving the British Constitution.

The usual butt of her pointed sayings was poor Schnapper-Elle, and she could mock right well the affected genteel airs and languishing manner with which the latter accepted the insincere compliments of young men.

BUTT, ISAAC, Irish patriot, distinguished for his scholarship at Dublin University; became editor of the Dublin University Magazine; entered Parliament, and at length took the lead of the "Home Rule" party, but could not control it, and retired (1813-1879).

" "How far off is your" "I tell you, sir, Butts is brains to his boots.

They told one another excitedly how they'd realised all along it was only a question of time before Butts would be tryin' his game up here.

In the old days, when archery was common in England, the bowmen of Lancashire were famous; and it is more than likely that these yet so-called "Butts" are the places where archery was then publicly practised.