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 liquids.
The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket,
The moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well.
Wordsworth.
2.
A vessel (as a tub or scoop) for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain, etc.
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.
4.
The valved piston of a lifting pump.
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.
2.
To pour over from a bucket; to drench.
3.
To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.
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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