/euh but"/ , v. , abutted, abutting .
v.i.
1. to be adjacent; touch or join at the edge or border (often fol. by on, upon, or against ): This piece of land abuts on a street.
v.t.
2. to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
3. to support by an abutment.
[ 1425-75; late ME abuter touch at one end, v. deriv. of a but to (the) end; see A- 5 , BUTT 2 ]