Definition of buck

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Buck (n.) Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed..

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Turn-buckle :: Turn-buckle (n.) A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp..
Troat :: Troat (n.) The cry of a buck in rutting time.
Bucket :: Bucket (n.) A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other liquids..
Rietboc :: Rietboc (n.) The reedbuck, a South African antelope (Cervicapra arundinacea); -- so called from its frequenting dry places covered with high grass or reeds. Its color is yellowish brown. Called also inghalla, and rietbok..
Keeper :: Keeper (n.) A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place; as: (a) The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot. (b) A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger. (c) A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end of the strap..
Sawhorse :: Sawhorse (n.) A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; -- called also buck, and sawbuck..
Pookoo :: Pookoo (n.) A red African antelope (Kobus Vardoni) allied to the water buck.
Noria :: Noria (n.) A large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream against its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by which water is raised and discharged into a trough; used in Arabia, China, and elsewhere for irrigating land; a Persian wheel..
Prongbuck :: Prongbuck (n.) The pronghorn.
Frangulinic :: Frangulinic (a.) Pertaining to, or drived from, frangulin, or a species (Rhamnus Frangula) of the buckthorn..
Leg :: Leg (n.) The case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
Bucking :: Bucking (n.) The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching; also, the liquid used..
Waterbok :: Waterbok (n.) A water buck.
Shroud :: Shroud (n.) One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate..
Jack :: Jack (n.) A sawhorse or sawbuck.
Parbuckled :: Parbuckled (imp. & p. p.) of Parbuckl.
Tripping :: Tripping (a.) Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if he were trotting; trippant; -- said of an animal, as a hart, buck, and the like, used as a bearing..
Buckwheat :: Buckwheat (n.) The triangular seed used, when ground, for griddle cakes, etc..
Bucker :: Bucker (n.) One who bucks ore.
Buckish :: Buckish (a.) Dandified; foppish.
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