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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Butchery :: Butchery (n.) Murder or manslaughter, esp. when committed with unusual barbarity; great or cruel slaughter..
Butcherliness :: Butcherliness (n.) Butchery quality.
Gambrel :: Gambrel (n.) A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals.
Slaughterhouse :: Slaughterhouse (n.) A house where beasts are butchered for the market.
Matagasse :: Matagasse (n.) A shrike or butcher bird; -- called also mattages.
Butchery :: Butchery (n.) A slaughterhouse; the shambles; a place where blood is shed.
Joint :: "Joint (n.) Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions by the butcher for roasting..
Rump :: Rump (n.) Among butchers, the piece of beef between the sirloin and the aitchbone piece. See Illust. of Beef..
Reedling :: Reedling (n.) The European bearded titmouse (Panurus biarmicus); -- called also reed bunting, bearded pinnock, and lesser butcher bird..
Shamble :: Shamble (n.) A place where butcher's meat is sold.
Keech :: Keech (n.) A mass or lump of fat rolled up by the butcher.
Stall :: Stall (v. i.) A small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a bookstall..
Butchered :: Butchered (imp. & p. p.) of Butche.
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..
Crow :: Crow (v. i.) The mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers.
Butcher :: Butcher (n.) One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food..
Slaughter :: Slaughter (v. t.) To butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts..
Cart :: Cart (n.) A light business wagon used by bakers, grocerymen, butchers, etc..
Butcher :: Butcher (v. t.) To kill or slaughter (animals) for food, or for market; as, to butcher hogs..
Hough :: Hough (n.) A piece cut by butchers, esp. in pork, from either the front or hind leg, just above the foot..
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