Definition of buck

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Buck (v. t.) To subject to a mode of punishment which consists in tying the wrists together, passing the arms over the bent knees, and putting a stick across the arms and in the angle formed by the knees..

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Sawbuck :: Sawbuck (n.) A sawhorse.
Buckboard :: Buckboard (n.) A four-wheeled vehicle, having a long elastic board or frame resting on the bolsters or axletrees, and a seat or seats placed transversely upon it; -- called also buck wagon..
Ramson :: Ramson (n.) A broad-leaved species of garlic (Allium ursinum), common in European gardens; -- called also buckram..
Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (v. t.) To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle.
Pick :: Pick (n.) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.
Alaternus :: Alaternus (n.) An ornamental evergreen shrub (Rhamnus alaternus) belonging to the buckthorns.
Parbuckling :: Parbuckling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Parbuckl.
Sorel :: Sorel (n.) A young buck in the third year. See the Note under Buck.
Lower :: Lower (a.) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down; as, to lower a bucket into a well; to lower a sail or a boat; sometimes, to pull down; as, to lower a flag..
Fawn :: Fawn (n.) A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck.
Rhamnaceous :: Rhamnaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of shrubs and trees (Rhamnaceae, or Rhamneae) of which the buckthorn (Rhamnus) is the type. It includes also the New Jersey tea, the supple-jack, and one of the plants called lotus (Zizyphus)..
Buckler-headed :: Buckler-headed (a.) Having a head like a buckler.
Sucker :: Sucker (n.) The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket..
Plunger :: Plunger (n.) A long solid cylinder, used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A contorted expression, as of the face..
Bucker :: Bucker (n.) A broad-headed hammer used in bucking ore.
Bucking :: Bucking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Buc.
Turn-buckle :: Turn-buckle (n.) A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp..
Buck-eyed :: Buck-eyed (a.) Having bad or speckled eyes.
Bail :: Bail (n.) A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat.
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