When land or a building abuts something or abuts on something, it is next to it. = adjoin. if one piece of land or a building abuts another, it is next to it or touches one side of it (Partly from aboter , from bout , from boter ; partly from abuter , from but )
To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to meet; with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the road