abutting

Abut, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Abutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Abutting.] — Webster enters it under “abut”

Etymology: [OF. abouter, aboter; cf. F. aboutir, and also abuter; a (L. ad) + OF. boter, buter, to push: cf. F. 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.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for abutting; he lists it under adjacent.

Where he writes about it:

Abutting refers rather to the end of one building or estate than to the neighborhood of another. — from adjacent