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Buck"et (&unr_;), n. [OE. boket; cf. AS. buc pitcher, or Corn. buket tub.] 1. A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other liquids.
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The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket,
The moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well. Wordsworth.
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2. A vessel (as a tub or scoop) for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain, etc.
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3. (Mach.) 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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4. The valved piston of a lifting pump.
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5. (Mach.) one of vanes on the rotor of a turbine.
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6. (Mach.) a bucketfull.
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Fire bucket, a bucket for carrying water to put out fires. -- To kick the bucket, to die. [Low]
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Buck"et (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bucketed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bucketing.] 1. To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets; as, to bucket water.
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2. To pour over from a bucket; to drench.
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3. To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.
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4. (Rowing) To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body. [Eng.]
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