Definition of butcher

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Butcher (n.) A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle..

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Reedling :: Reedling (n.) The European bearded titmouse (Panurus biarmicus); -- called also reed bunting, bearded pinnock, and lesser butcher bird..
Joint :: "Joint (n.) Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions by the butcher for roasting..
Flesher :: Flesher (n.) A butcher.
Shamble :: Shamble (n.) A place where butcher's meat is sold.
Rump :: Rump (n.) Among butchers, the piece of beef between the sirloin and the aitchbone piece. See Illust. of Beef..
Butcher :: Butcher (v. t.) To murder, or kill, especially in an unusually bloody or barbarous manner..
Keech :: Keech (n.) A mass or lump of fat rolled up by the butcher.
Butchering :: Butchering (n.) The business of a butcher.
Block :: Block (v. t.) A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on which a butcher chops his meat; a block by which to mount a horse; children's playing blocks, etc..
Matagasse :: Matagasse (n.) A shrike or butcher bird; -- called also mattages.
Shrike :: Shrike (v. i.) Any one of numerous species of oscinine birds of the family Laniidae, having a strong hooked bill, toothed at the tip. Most shrikes are insectivorous, but the common European gray shrike (Lanius excubitor), the great northern shrike (L. borealis), and several others, kill mice, small birds, etc., and often impale them on thorns, and are, on that account called also butcher birds. See under Butcher..
Slaughter :: Slaughter (v. t.) To butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts..
Butchery :: Butchery (n.) A slaughterhouse; the shambles; a place where blood is shed.
Butchering :: Butchering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Butche.
Crow :: Crow (v. i.) The mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers.
Butchery :: Butchery (n.) Murder or manslaughter, esp. when committed with unusual barbarity; great or cruel slaughter..
Stall :: Stall (v. i.) A small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a bookstall..
Loggerhead :: Loggerhead (n.) An American shrike (Lanius Ludovicianus), similar to the butcher bird, but smaller. See Shrike..
Butchered :: Butchered (imp. & p. p.) of Butche.
Mattages :: Mattages (n.) A shrike or butcher bird; -- written also matagasse.
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