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Hurdy-gurdy :: Hurdy-gurdy (n.) In California, a water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet..

Kibble :: Kibble (n.) A large iron bucket used in Cornwall and Wales for raising ore out of mines.

Leg :: Leg (n.) The case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.

Sucker :: Sucker (n.) The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket..

Onager :: Onager (n.) A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery..

Skip :: Skip (n.) An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock..

Box :: Box (n.) A chamber or section of tube in which a valve works; the bucket of a lifting pump.

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..

Bucket :: Bucket (n.) The valved piston of a lifting pump.

Sludger :: Sludger (n.) A bucket for removing mud from a bored hole; a sand pump.

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..

Trebucket :: Trebucket (n.) A cucking stool; a tumbrel.

Bailer :: Bailer (n.) A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit..

Trebucket :: Trebucket (n.) A kind of balance for weighing.

Guide :: Guide (v. t.) A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the wheel buckets.

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..

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..

Force Pump :: Force pump () A pump having a solid piston, or plunger, for drawing and forcing a liquid, as water, through the valves; in distinction from a pump having a bucket, or valved piston..

Start :: Start (v. i.) The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water-wheel bucket.

Soleplate :: Soleplate (n.) The plate forming the back of a waterwheel bucket.

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