| Bucket (bucket) |
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| n. | ((?)) |
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| Buck"et |
| [OE. boket; cf. AS.
buc pitcher, or Corn. buket tub.] |
A
vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching, holding, or
carrying water, sap, or other liquids.
A vessel (as a tub or scoop) for hoisting and
conveying coal, ore, grain, etc.
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.
The valved piston of a lifting pump.
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| Bucket (bucket) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Buck"et |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Bucketed (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Bucketing.] |
To draw or lift in, or as
if in, buckets] as, to bucket water.
To pour over from a bucket; to
drench.
To ride (a horse) hard or
mercilessly.
To make, or cause to make
(the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of
the body.
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