An instance or example of using the word "but". / (Scotland) The outer room of a small two-room cottage. / A limit; a boundary.

(archaic) Use the word "but".

(chiefly literary or poetic) Merely, only, just, no more than / (Australia, Tyneside, conjunctive) Though, however.

An expression to start the last item of a list, emphasising that while it is listed last, it is just as important as the rest of the items.

Used to show that the thing just referred to is not ideal or does not support the argument, but that the situation cannot be improved upon, or the speaker is unwilling to try.

(idiomatic) Almost everything, whether needed or not.

In the inner and outer parts of a building

(Scotland) A two-roomed cottage; a small house or shack

(idiomatic) then again, on the other hand; used to show that the opposite viewpoint is possible.

(colloquial, rhetorical question, sarcastic, humorous) Used as a retort or comeback, often to deprecate oneself or another for excessive concern or attention to detail.