Definition

The outer apartment or kitchen of a two-roomed house; -- opposed to ben, the inner room. [Scot.]

Other Definitions

This word also has 2 other definitions:

BUT (preposition)

1. Except with; unless with; without. [Obs.] So insolent that he could not go but either spurning equals or trampling on his inferiors. Fuller. Touch ...

BUT (verb)

See Butt, v., and Abut, v.