Definition of bucket

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Bucket (n.) 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..

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Trebucket :: Trebucket (n.) A kind of balance for weighing.
Kibble :: Kibble (n.) A large iron bucket used in Cornwall and Wales for raising ore out of mines.
Trebucket :: Trebucket (n.) A military engine used in the Middle Ages for throwing stones, etc. It acted by means of a great weight fastened to the short arm of a lever, which, being let fall, raised the end of the long arm with great velocity, hurling stones with much force..
Buckety :: Buckety (n.) Paste used by weavers to dress their webs.
Bucket Shop :: Bucket shop () An office or a place where facilities are given for betting small sums on current prices of stocks, petroleum, etc..
Bucket :: Bucket (n.) A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other liquids..
Bucket :: Bucket (n.) The valved piston of a lifting pump.
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..
Bucket :: Bucket (n.) A vessel (as a tub or scoop) for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain, etc..
Leg :: Leg (n.) The case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
Skip :: Skip (n.) An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock..
Wrest :: Wrest (n.) A partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the buckets is determined..
Sludger :: Sludger (n.) A bucket for removing mud from a bored hole; a sand pump.
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water..
Hurdy-gurdy :: Hurdy-gurdy (n.) In California, a water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet..
Elevator :: Elevator (n.) A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage..
Bailer :: Bailer (n.) A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit..
Sucker :: Sucker (n.) The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket..
Trebucket :: Trebucket (n.) A cucking stool; a tumbrel.
Spear :: Spear (n.) The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod..
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