Definition/Meaning of but

• English - Preposition: but ( obsolete outside Scotland ) Outside of . Away but the hoose and tell me whae's there . Without , apart from , except . Everyone but Father left early . I like everything but that .
• English - Adverb: but ( not comparable ) Merely , only . 1791 , Robert Burns , "Ae Fond Kiss": For to see her was to love her , Love but her , and love for ever . 1900 , L . Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz : Now the Wicked Witch of the West had but one eye , yet that was as powerful as a telescope , and could see everywhere . 1977 , Alistair Horne , A Savage War of Peace , New York Review Books , 2006, p…
• English - Conjunction: Wikipedia but Except (for), excluding . Preceded by a negation . I have no choice but to leave . On the contrary , but rather (introducing a word or clause that contrasts with or contradicts the preceding clause or sentence without the not ). I am not rich but (I am) poor; not John but Peter went there However , although , nevertheless (implies that the following clause is contrary to prior…
• English - Noun: but ( plural buts ) An instance or example of using the word "but". It has to be done – no ifs or buts . ( Scotland ) The outer room of a small two-room cottage . A limit; a boundary . The end; especially the larger or thicker end , or the blunt , in distinction from the sharp , end; the butt .
• English - Etymology: From Middle English but , buten , boute , bouten , from Old English būtan ( “ out of , outside of , off , round about , except , without , all but , but only , besides , in addition to , in spite of , except that , save , but , only , unless , save that , if only , provided that , outside ” ), equivalent to be- +‎ out . Cognate with Scots but , bot ( “ outside , without , but ” ), Saterland…