bute

¹ American  

[byoot] / byut /

noun

Slang.

1. phenylbutazone.

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Bute ² American  

[byoot] / byut /

noun

1. Also Buteshire 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. 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).

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Bute ¹ British  

/ bjuːt /

noun

1. 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)

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Bute ² British  

/ bjuːt /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of bute

First recorded in 1965–70; by shortening

Example Sentences

Most were for excessive use of phenylbutazone, a commonly used anti-inflammatory known as bute.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2021

Bute masks many pains, and horses run on bute when they should be in rehab.

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2015

Some horsemeat may contain the painkiller phenylbutazone, or bute, which is never supposed to enter the human food chain, since it presents the small risk of messing up your bone marrow.

From Newsweek • Feb. 19, 2013

Despite the ban on bute for humans, Britain’s chief medical officer, Sally Davies, said that horse meat containing the drug “presents a very low risk to human health.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2013

Nan ancre seruant ne ahte bi rihte to easkin iset hure · bute mete ⁊ hure þ̵ ha mei flutte bi; ant godes milce.

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph