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Definition of Bucket
Buck´et | n. | 1. | A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other liquids. | | 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. | | 5. | (Mach.) one of vanes on the rotor of a turbine. | | 6. | (Mach.) a bucketfull.| To kick the bucket | | to die. |
| | v. t. | 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. |
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