butt² n Cp OED ~ sb³ 1 'thicker end of anything.'
   1 Comb butt-end: part of the 'sound-bone' closest to the head of a cod-fish (P 127-76).
   M 69-27 Sounds were the film covering the sound bones of the fish. In some homes, the sound bones were also cooked—referred to as butt-ends.
   2 In av phr butt-end foremost, butt first: fiercely, powerfully.
   P 245-56 The north-east wind came up butt end foremost. 1961 Nfld Qtly Spring, p. 27 The squall came down 'butt first.'

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