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bute

(bjuːt)

(Veterinary Science) slang the drug phenylbutazone, esp when used in the illegal doping of racehorses

Bute

(bjuːt)

(Placename) an island off the coast of SW Scotland, in Argyll and Bute council area: situated in the Firth of Clyde, separated from the Cowal peninsula by the Kyles of Bute. Chief town: Rothesay. Pop: 7228 (2001). Area: 121 sq km (47 sq miles)

Bute

(bjuːt)

(Biography) John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute. 1713–92, British Tory statesman; prime minister (1762–63)

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Bute

(byut)

n.

1. Also, Bute•shire (ˈbyut ʃɪər, -ʃər) a historic county in SW Scotland, composed of three islands in the Firth of Clyde.

2. an island in the Firth of Clyde, in SW Scotland: part of the county Bute. 7733; 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).

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From Godin's River, Captain Bonneville and his followers came out upon the plain of the Three Butes, so called from three singular and isolated hills that rise from the midst.

The Snake River here wound its devious way between low banks through the great plain of the Three Butes; and was bordered by wide and fertile meadows.

Encamping at the west Bute, they found a place swept by the winds, so that it was bare of snow, and there was abundance of bunch grass.

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sq: Butes, it is said, was a son of Poseidon: so Hesiod in the "Catalogue".

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One was intended to represent the Earl of Bute, who was supposed to have advised the king to tax America.

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Close by the name of Sir Pitt Crawley, Baronet (the subject of the present memoir), are written that of his brother, the Reverend Bute Crawley (the great Commoner was in disgrace when the reverend gentleman was born), rector of Crawley-cum-Snailby, and of various other male and female members of the Crawley family.

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Sadly, now, a half-forgotten figure in our town's history, but in his time a giant to rank with any of the Butes or the coal and shipping tycoons.

So given the turbulent times he witnessed, little wonder that John Batchelor became a lifelong radical and enemy of the Butes, who ran Cardiff like a personal fiefdom.

Friend of Freedom who dared take on the Butes; Dan O'Neill Down Memory Lane

For modern Cardiff, the most important castle residents were the Butes, who catapulted Cardiff into the industrial revolution and helped to consolidate an enduring historical legacy.

* n September 10, 1947, the Fifth Marquess of Bute handed over the keys of Cardiff Castle to the Lord Mayor, Alderman George Ferguson, presenting it with its parkland to the people of Cardiff.

A permanent connection to the capital of Wales' past, present and future

Mr Williams added that the Butes - one of the richest families in Europe - loved spending Christmas in Cardiff.

CHRISTMAS IN THE VICTORIAN ERA? NOT AS DIFFERENT AS YOU MIGHT THINK, REALLY

FROM its iconic city centre castle, to Castell Coch in the north and sumptuous public PARKLAND in between, the stamp of the Bute family is all too evident on today's Cardiff.