Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for A-BUT'MENT
A-BUT'MENT, n.
- The head or end; that which unites one end of a thing to another; chiefly used to denote the solid pier or mound of earth, stone or timber, which is erected on the bank of a river to support the end of a bridge and connect it with the land.
- That which abuts or borders on another. – Bryant.
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