Definition of buckle

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Buckle (v. i.) To enter upon some labor or contest; to join in close fight; to struggle; to contend.

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Fibula :: Fibula (n.) A brooch, clasp, or buckle..
Matachin :: Matachin (n.) An old dance with swords and bucklers; a sword dance.
Parbuckled :: Parbuckled (imp. & p. p.) of Parbuckl.
Buckle :: Buckle (v. i.) To bend permanently; to become distorted; to bow; to curl; to kink.
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To prepare for action; to apply with vigor and earnestness; -- generally used reflexively.
Boss :: Boss (n.) A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus..
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance..
Scutate :: Scutate (a.) Buckler-shaped; round or nearly round.
Swingeing :: Swingebuckler (n.) A swashbuckler; a bully; a roisterer.
Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (v. t.) To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle.
Bottine :: Bottine (n.) An appliance resembling a small boot furnished with straps, buckles, etc., used to correct or prevent distortions in the lower extremities of children..
Crupper :: Crupper (n.) A leather loop, passing under a horse's tail, and buckled to the saddle to keep it from slipping forwards..
Shield :: Shield (n.) A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, -- formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See Buckler..
Billet :: Billet (n.) A loop which receives the end of a buckled strap.
Target :: Target (n.) A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war..
Fastening :: Fastening (n.) Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc..
Buckler :: Buckler (v. t.) To shield; to defend.
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A curl of hair, esp. a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled..
Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (n.) A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A distortion bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal..
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