Definition of buck

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Buck (v. i.) To spring with quick plunging leaps, descending with the fore legs rigid and the head held as low down as possible; -- said of a vicious horse or mule..

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Rheinberry :: Rheinberry (n.) One of the berries or drupes of the European buckthorn; also, the buckthorn itself..
Pookoo :: Pookoo (n.) A red African antelope (Kobus Vardoni) allied to the water buck.
Noria :: Noria (n.) A large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream against its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by which water is raised and discharged into a trough; used in Arabia, China, and elsewhere for irrigating land; a Persian wheel..
Soleplate :: Soleplate (n.) The plate forming the back of a waterwheel bucket.
Bail :: Bail (n.) A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat.
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..
Cake :: Cake (n.) A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake; as buckwheat cakes.
Reedbuck :: Reedbuck (n.) See Rietboc.
Buckskin :: Buckskin (n.) The skin of a buck.
Buckler :: Buckler (n.) A block of wood or plate of iron made to fit a hawse hole, or the circular opening in a half-port, to prevent water from entering when the vessel pitches..
Pricket :: Pricket (n.) A buck in his second year. See Note under 3d Buck.
Guide :: Guide (v. t.) A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the wheel buckets.
Kibble :: Kibble (n.) A large iron bucket used in Cornwall and Wales for raising ore out of mines.
Buck :: Buck (n.) A male Indian or negro.
Horse-chestnut :: Horse-chestnut (n.) The tree itself, which was brought from Constantinople in the beginning of the sixteenth century, and is now common in the temperate zones of both hemispheres. The native American species are called buckeyes..
Onager :: Onager (n.) A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery..
Buckra :: Buckra (a.) White; white man's; strong; good; as, buckra yam, a white yam..
Buck :: Buck (n.) A gay, dashing young fellow; a fop; a dandy..
Infibulation :: Infibulation (n.) The act of clasping, or fastening, as with a buckle or padlock..
Attire :: Attire (n.) The antlers, or antlers and scalp, of a stag or buck..
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