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#1·Apr 27, 2026AUS
Apart from, except (for), excluding.
Origin: From , buten, boute, bouten, from , from , *biūtini, equivalent to . Cognate with , bot, , , , , , buute, obsolete , . Compare bin, about. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#2·Apr 27, 2026AUS
(chiefly, _, literary, or, poetic) Merely, only, just, no more than.
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#3·Apr 27, 2026AUS
(obsolete, outside, Scotland) Outside of.
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