Definition of buck

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Buck (v. t.) To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in bleaching..

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Sawbuck :: Sawbuck (n.) A sawhorse.
Leche :: Leche (n.) See water buck, under 3d Buck..
Target :: Target (n.) A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war..
Turbine :: Turbine (n.) A water wheel, commonly horizontal, variously constructed, but usually having a series of curved floats or buckets, against which the water acts by its impulse or reaction in flowing either outward from a central chamber, inward from an external casing, or from above downward, etc.; -- also called turbine wheel..
Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (v. t.) To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle.
Prongbuck :: Prongbuck (n.) The springbuck.
Buckram :: Buckram (a.) Stiff; precise.
Conveyor :: Conveyor (n.) A contrivance for carrying objects from place to place; esp., one for conveying grain, coal, etc., -- as a spiral or screw turning in a pipe or trough, an endless belt with buckets, or a truck running along a rope..
Turn-buckle :: Turn-buckle (n.) A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as parts of dress or harness, by means of a strap passing through the frame and pierced by the tongue..
Bucket :: Bucket (n.) A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other liquids..
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance..
Sore :: Sore (n.) A young buck in the fourth year. See the Note under Buck.
Emodin :: Emodin (n.) An orange-red crystalline substance, C15H10O5, obtained from the buckthorn, rhubarb, etc., and regarded as a derivative of anthraquinone; -- so called from a species of rhubarb (Rheum emodei)..
Eelbuck :: Eelbuck (n.) An eelpot or eel basket.
Spin :: Spin (v. t.) To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe..
Buckskin :: Buckskin (n.) Breeches made of buckskin.
Plunger :: Plunger (n.) A long solid cylinder, used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps..
Buckish :: Buckish (a.) Dandified; foppish.
Water Trefoil :: Water trefoil () The buck bean.
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