Definition of butcher

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Butcher (v. t.) To murder, or kill, especially in an unusually bloody or barbarous manner..

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Matagasse :: Matagasse (n.) A shrike or butcher bird; -- called also mattages.
Loggerhead :: Loggerhead (n.) An American shrike (Lanius Ludovicianus), similar to the butcher bird, but smaller. See Shrike..
Hough :: Hough (n.) A piece cut by butchers, esp. in pork, from either the front or hind leg, just above the foot..
Crow :: Crow (v. i.) The mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers.
Stall :: Stall (v. i.) A small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a bookstall..
Joint :: "Joint (n.) Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions by the butcher for roasting..
Butchery :: Butchery (n.) Murder or manslaughter, esp. when committed with unusual barbarity; great or cruel slaughter..
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..
Cart :: Cart (n.) A light business wagon used by bakers, grocerymen, butchers, etc..
Flesher :: Flesher (n.) A butcher.
Butcher''s Broom :: Butcher's broom () A genus of plants (Ruscus); esp. R. aculeatus, which has large red berries and leaflike branches. See Cladophyll..
Butcherly :: Butcherly (a.) Like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman; fell.
Keech :: Keech (n.) A mass or lump of fat rolled up by the butcher.
Butchering :: Butchering (n.) The business of a butcher.
Butchering :: Butchering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Butche.
Rump :: Rump (n.) Among butchers, the piece of beef between the sirloin and the aitchbone piece. See Illust. of Beef..
Offal :: Offal (n.) The rejected or waste parts of a butchered animal.
Butcher :: Butcher (n.) A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle..
Butchery :: Butchery (n.) The business of a butcher.
Slaughter :: Slaughter (v. t.) To butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts..
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