butte

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Now, as the butte is between them and the big-horn, how is it possible they could have seen it I do not say they have; but they have seen others, who have seen others, who in their turn have seen others, who actually have seen the carrion Oh!

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  1. noun Chiefly Western U.S. A hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding area and has sloping sides and a flat top.

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  • After the dust settled around Betsy I got out to watch the sun dip behind the butte, and it was exactly what I had expected; the butte was flattened on top, and its shadow was like a black wall advancing, swallowing everything in its path. —  F ;SF; - vol 099 issue 04-05 - October-November 2000
  • We have met the a-holes on the butte, and they are ours. —  Lone Star Times
  • The center of the butte could be excavated for a reservoir, water to be piped in or pumped from drilled wells. —  Modern Mechanix
  • Amatures, sports hunters, or people like Cheney (who shot a fellow hunter on the butte should be hauling them so they can shoot at their "perceived" targets). —  The Daily Texan RSS
  • They had a keen desire to ascend the butte--partly out of curiosity, and partly to get a shot at the big-horns--and this desire triumphed over prudence. —  The Boy Hunters
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  1. French, from Old French butt, mound behind targets; see butt3.
 

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