Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Abut

Abut ({not transcribed}) , intransitive verb

[Old French abouter, aboter; compare French aboutir, and also abuter; a (Latin ad) + Old French boter, buter, to push: compare French bout end, and but end, purpose.]

To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to meet; -- with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the road.