Bucholzite
Buch″ol‐zite (�), n. [So called from Bucholz, a German chemist.] (Min.) Same as Fibrolite.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Buchu
Bu″chu (�), n.(Bot.) A South African shrub (Barosma) with small leaves that are dotted with oil glands; also, the leaves themselves, which are used in medicine for diseases of t...
Buck
Buck (bŭk), n. [Akin to LG. büke, Dan. byg, Sw. byk, G. bauche: cf. It. bucato, Prov. Sp. bugada, F. buée.] 1. Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching...
Buck (2)
Buck, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bucked (bŭkt); p. pr. & vb. n.Bucking.] [OE. bouken; akin to LG. büken, Dan. byge, Sw. byka, G. bauchen, beuchen; cf. OF. buer. Cf. the preceding noun.]...
Buck (3)
Buck, n. [OE. buk, bucke, AS. bucca, bua, he-goat; akin to D. bok, OHG. pocch, G. bock, Ir. boc, W. bwch, Corn. byk; cf. Zend būza, Skr. bukka. √256. Cf. Butcher, n.] 1. The mal...
Buck (4)
Buck (bŭk), v. i. 1. To copulate, as bucks and does.2. To spring with quick plunging leaps, descending with the fore legs rigid and the head held as low down as possible; — said...
Buck (5)
Buck, v. t. 1. (Mil.) To subject to a mode of punishment which consists in tying the wrists together, passing the arms over the bent knees, and putting a stick across the arms a...
Buck (6)
Buck, n. A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck.Buck saw, a saw set in a frame and used for sawing wood on a sawhorse.
Buck (7)
Buck, n. [See Beech, n.] The beech tree.Buck mast, the mast or fruit of the beech tree. Johnson.
Buck bean
Buck″ bean′ (bēn′). (Bot.) A plant (Menyanthes trifoliata) which grows in moist and boggy places, having racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometim...
Buck fever
Buck fever. Intense excitement at the sight of deer or other game, such as often unnerves a novice in hunting.
Buck-basket
Buck″–bas′ket (�), n. [See 1st Buck.] A basket in which clothes are carried to the wash. Shak.
Buck-eyed
Buck″–eyed′ (�), a. Having bad or speckled eyes. “A buck-eyed horse.” James White.
Buck's-horn
Buck's″–horn′ (�), n.(Bot.) A plant with leaves branched somewhat like a buck's horn (Plantago Coronopus); also, Lobelia coronopifolia.
Buckboard
Buck″board′ (�), n. A four-wheeled vehicle, having a long elastic board or frame resting on the bolsters or axletrees, and a seat or seats placed transversely upon it; — called ...
Bucker
Buck″er (�), n.(Mining) 1. One who bucks ore.2. A broad-headed hammer used in bucking ore.
Bucker (2)
Buck″er, n. A horse or mule that bucks.
Bucket
Buck″et (�), 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 li...
Bucket (2)
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.2. To pour over from a bucket; to drenc...
Bucket shop
Buck″et shop′ (�). An office or a place where facilities are given for betting small sums on current prices of stocks, petroleum, etc.
Buckety
Buck″et‐y (�), n. [A corruption of buckwheat.] Paste used by weavers to dress their webs. Buchanan.
Buckeye
Buck″eye′ (bŭk″ī′), n. 1. (Bot.) A name given to several American trees and shrubs of the same genus (Æsculus) as the horse chestnut.The Ohio buckeye, orFetid buckeye, is Æsculu...
Buckhound
Buck″hound′ (�), n. A hound for hunting deer.Master of the buckhounds, an officer in the royal household.
Buckie
Buck″ie (�), n.(Zoöl.) A large spiral marine shell, esp. the common whelk. See Buccinum.Deil's buckie, a perverse, refractory youngster.
Bucking
Buck″ing, n. 1. The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching; also, the liquid used. Tomlinson.2. A washing.3. The process ...
Buckish
Buck″ish, a. Dandified; foppish.
Buckle
Buc″kle (�), n. [OE. bocle buckle, boss of a shield, OF. bocle, F. boucle, boss of a shield, ring, fr. L. buccula a little cheek or mouth, dim. of bucca cheek; this boss or knob...