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BuckedBuck Buck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bucked (b[u^]kt); p. pr. &
vb. n. Bucking.] [OE. bouken; akin to LG. b["u]ken, Dan.
byge, Sw. byka, G. bauchen, beuchen; cf. OF. buer. Cf. the
preceding noun.]
1. To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in
bleaching.
2. To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by
beating them on stones in running water.
3. (Mining) To break up or pulverize, as ores. Bucker
Bucker Buck"er, n. (Mining)
1. One who bucks ore.
2. A broad-headed hammer used in bucking ore.
Bucker
Bucker Buck"er, n.
A horse or mule that bucks.
BucketBucket Buck"et, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bucketed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Bucketing.]
1. To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets; as, to bucket
water.
2. To pour over from a bucket; to drench.
3. To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.
4. (Rowing) To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a
certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.
[Eng.] BucketBucket Buck"et, n. [OE. boket; cf. AS. buc pitcher, or Corn.
buket tub.]
1. A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for
catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other
liquids.
The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The
moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well.
--Wordsworth.
2. A vessel (as a tub or scoop) for hoisting and conveying
coal, ore, grain, etc.
3. (Mach.) One of the receptacles on the rim of a water wheel
into which the water rushes, causing the wheel to revolve;
also, a float of a paddle wheel.
4. The valved piston of a lifting pump.
Fire bucket, a bucket for carrying water to put out fires.
To kick the bucket, to die. [Low] Bucket shop
Bucket shop Buck"et shop`
An office or a place where facilities are given for betting
small sums on current prices of stocks, petroleum, etc.
[Slang, U.S.]
BucketedBucket Buck"et, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bucketed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Bucketing.]
1. To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets; as, to bucket
water.
2. To pour over from a bucket; to drench.
3. To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.
4. (Rowing) To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a
certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.
[Eng.] BucketingBucket Buck"et, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bucketed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Bucketing.]
1. To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets; as, to bucket
water.
2. To pour over from a bucket; to drench.
3. To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.
4. (Rowing) To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a
certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.
[Eng.] Buckety
Buckety Buck"et*y, n. [A corruption of buckwheat.]
Paste used by weavers to dress their webs. --Buchanan.
buckeyesHorse-chestnut Horse`-chest"nut, n. (Bot.)
(a) The large nutlike seed of a species of [AE]sculus
([AE]. Hippocastanum), formerly ground, and fed to
horses, whence the name.
(b) The tree itself, which was brought from Constantinople
in the beginning of the sixteenth century, and is now
common in the temperate zones of both hemispheres. The
native American species are called buckeyes. Fire bucketBucket Buck"et, n. [OE. boket; cf. AS. buc pitcher, or Corn.
buket tub.]
1. A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for
catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other
liquids.
The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The
moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well.
--Wordsworth.
2. A vessel (as a tub or scoop) for hoisting and conveying
coal, ore, grain, etc.
3. (Mach.) One of the receptacles on the rim of a water wheel
into which the water rushes, causing the wheel to revolve;
also, a float of a paddle wheel.
4. The valved piston of a lifting pump.
Fire bucket, a bucket for carrying water to put out fires.
To kick the bucket, to die. [Low] Lance bucketLance Lance, n. [OE. lance, F. lance, fr. L. lancea; cf. Gr.
?. Cf. Launch.]
1. A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and
a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and
often decorated with a small flag; also, a spear or
harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
A braver soldier never couched lance. --Shak.
2. A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
3. (Founding) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the
mold in casting a shell.
4. (Mil.) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece
of ordnance and forces it home.
5. (Pyrotech.) One of the small paper cases filled with
combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a
figure.
Free lance, in the Middle Ages, and subsequently, a knight
or roving soldier, who was free to engage for any state or
commander that purchased his services; hence, a person who
assails institutions or opinions on his own responsibility
without regard to party lines or deference to authority.
Lance bucket (Cavalry), a socket attached to a saddle or
stirrup strap, in which to rest the but of a lance.
Lance corporal, same as Lancepesade.
Lance knight, a lansquenet. --B. Jonson.
Lance snake (Zo["o]l.), the fer-de-lance.
Stink-fire lance (Mil.), a kind of fuse filled with a
composition which burns with a suffocating odor; -- used
in the counter operations of miners.
To break a lance, to engage in a tilt or contest. Plunger bucketPlunger Plun"ger, n.
1. One who, or that which, plunges; a diver.
2. A long solid cylinder, used, instead of a piston or
bucket, as a forcer in pumps.
3. One who bets heavily and recklessly on a race; a reckless
speculator. [Cant]
4. (Pottery) A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a
creamy consistence. --Knight.
5. (Gun.) The firing pin of a breechloader.
Plunger bucket, a piston, without a valve, in a pump.
Plunger pole, the pump rod of a pumping engine.
Plunger pump, a pump, as for water, having a plunger,
instead of a piston, to act upon the water. It may be
single-acting or double-acting Spanish buckeyeSpanish Span"ish, a.
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant (Yucca
alorifolia) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is
also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern
United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers.
Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean.
Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork.
--Ure.
Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub (Spartium
junceum) having many green flexible rushlike twigs.
Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having
a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of
sesquioxide of iron.
Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa)
of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but
having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit.
Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single
blocks. A double Spanish burton has one double and two
single blocks. --Luce (Textbook of Seamanship).
Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called
because obtained from Aragon in Spain.
Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant (lepidium
Cadamines), a species of peppergrass.
Spanish curiew (Zo["o]l.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.]
Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet.
Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree (Cordia
Gerascanthus) furnishing hard and useful timber.
Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by
calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles.
Spanish flag (Zo["o]l.), the California rockfish
(Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously
colored with bands of red and white.
Spanish fly (Zo["o]l.), a brilliant green beetle, common in
the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See
Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis.
Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay.
Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto.
Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice.
Spanish leather. See Cordwain.
Spanish mackerel. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in
Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel,
big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel.
(b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright
yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly
esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes
erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under
Mackerel.
Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern
portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous
coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure
ships from the New to the Old World.
Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia.
Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed (Bidens
bipinnata) having achenia armed with needlelike awns.
Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium)
of the south of Europe.
Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under
Potato.
Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian
red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt.
Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a
jib-headed sail.
Spanish sheep (Zo["o]l.), a merino.
Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by
pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white
pigment.
Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope
wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to
serve as a lever. To kick the bucketBucket Buck"et, n. [OE. boket; cf. AS. buc pitcher, or Corn.
buket tub.]
1. A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for
catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other
liquids.
The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The
moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well.
--Wordsworth.
2. A vessel (as a tub or scoop) for hoisting and conveying
coal, ore, grain, etc.
3. (Mach.) One of the receptacles on the rim of a water wheel
into which the water rushes, causing the wheel to revolve;
also, a float of a paddle wheel.
4. The valved piston of a lifting pump.
Fire bucket, a bucket for carrying water to put out fires.
To kick the bucket, to die. [Low] trebucketCastigatory Cas"ti*ga*to*ry, n.
An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant
scolds; -- called also a ducking stool, or trebucket.
--Blacktone.
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Bucke is a surname.
Notable people with this
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Charles Bucke (1781–1846), English...
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Richard Maurice Bucke (18
March 1837 – 19
February 1902),
often called Maurice Bucke, was a
Canadian psychiatrist in the late 19th century. An adventurer...
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Charles Bucke (16
April 1781 – 31 July 1846) was an
English writer who,
despite being poor most of his life,
still managed to
produce roughly eleven different...
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unless an
ironic meaning is intended". The
translation of "
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Millett 2003d, in the
version given...
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Evolution of the
Human Mind is a 1901 book by the
psychiatrist Richard Maurice Bucke, in
which the
author explores the
concept of
cosmic consciousness, which...
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Patrick Debucke (Ghent, 24
October 1957) is a
Belgian canoe sprinter who
competed in the mid-1980s. At the 1984
Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, he finished...
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spent the
summer with Dr.
Bucke in 1880. Colm
Feore as
Richard Maurice Bucke Rip Torn as Walt
Whitman Wendel Meldrum as
Jessie Bucke Sheila McCarthy as Molly...
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Archived from the
original on 16 July 2002.
Martin Chaplin and
Christopher Bucke,
Enzyme Technology (Cambridge, England:
Cambridge University Press, 1990)...
- John
Bucke (c. 1566 – c. 1648) was an
English landowner and
politician who sat in the
House of
Commons in 1601.
Bucke was the son of
Francis Bucke of The...
