Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard. · A push or shove; a butt. · A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swinging action is involved. · The act of bunting.
To push with the horns; to butt. · To spring or rear up. · To intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance. · To intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
Unknown. Perhaps a nasalised variant of butt.
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