86 Verbs to Use for the Word butts

Then he walked to the door, shot back the bolt, and, with his right hand gripping the butt of his pistol, flung it wide open.

The hand of Donnegan licked out as the snake's tongue dartsthe loaded quirt slipped over in his hand, and holding it by the lash he brought the butt of it thudding on the head of Andy.

His arms were folded, but each hand, for all they knew, might be grasping the butt of a gun hidden away in his clothes.

He stood with a bewildered expression, as a man trying to remember something hidden far in the past; and Sinclair fingered the butt of his gun lightly and waited.

" He could see where the wounded man had dragged himself up the trail, finally staggering to his feet, and with a caution which he had not exercised a few hours before Howland continued slowly between the thick forest walls, one hand clutching the butt of the revolver in his coat pocket.

" Donnegan was now opposite the dance hall, and Andy Lewis had his hand touching the butt of his gun, but though Donnegan was looking straight at him, he kept his reins in one hand and his heavy riding crop in the other.

He threw the cigarette butt into the sea and turned back.

Ere he has gone a hundred yards, a mass of dripping oil-skins runs full butt against him, knocking him against the bank; and, by the clank of weapons, he recognises the coast-guard watchman.

His body stiffened into a human semblance once more; he fumbled, found the butt of his gun with his first move.

As he tossed his cigar butt aside, Lily Condor appealed to him as just the person for the emergency.

"Oh yes," was the reply; "and I happen to know her companion, who is a proud girl, but not in the least insolent; and I doubt whether Ginevra will have gained ground in her estimation by making a butt of her neighbours.

He heard the sentinel drop the butt of his musket heavily against the earth, utter an exclamation and then run toward them.

Warren's Copse proved to be the small clump of trees that I had noticed on the previous day, and my driver pulled up there and jerked the butt of his whip in the direction of the hut.

The guards clicked to attention and slapped their butts as the Babe went by.

Jake uttered a yell as the woolly creature gave him a hard butt, knocking him out of his seat.

" Osborn heard and glanced at Thorn as he left the butt.

At the command PITCH TENTS, each man steps off obliquely to the right with the right foot and lays his rifle on the ground, the butt of the rifle near the toe of the right foot, muzzle to the front, barrel to the left, and steps back into his place; each front rank man then draws his bayonet and sticks it in the ground by the outside of the right heel.

Next with his knife he cut a lot of light poles and scrub spruces and, sticking the butts in his snowbank, laid the tops, like the sticks of a wigwam, firmly against the big stub.

Then I took two pieces of spun yarn and frapped the strings together at each end of the notch, and by this means I was assured that all the strings would act in unison when striking the butt of the arrow.

And as he concluded he raised his right arm, and from his sleeve fell a large poniard, which he had concealed, and with the other hand he rattled in his pocket the butts of a pair of pistols.

" The cowpuncher caressed the butt of his gun with his fingertips, his habitual gesture when in doubt.

" She thrust the butt into my hand, and crossed the room to the door opening out into the back yard.

His hand held the butt of his revolver, and his whole arm trembled with eagerness for the draw.

'Turning round in towering wrath, Scraggs aimed a kick at the poor pup, which, had it taken effect, would certainly have terminated the innocent existence of that remarkable dog on the spot; but quick as lightning Henri interposed the butt of his rifle, and Jim's shin met it with a violence that caused him to howl with rage and pain.

This man quite suddenly darted forward and jammed the butt of his rifle in the centre of a Russian officer's back; the force of the blow knocked him flat on the floor in such pain that he rolled about for a few minutes, while the Jap, grinning, held his bayonet at the "On guard!"

86 Verbs to Use for the Word  butts