4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bucket \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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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
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]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
bucket
n 1: an open-topped and roughly cylindrical vessel [syn: {pail}]
2: the quantity contained in a bucket [syn: {bucketful}]
v 1: put into a bucket
2: carry in a bucket
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bucket
a vessel to draw water with (Isa. 40:15); used figuratively,
probably, of a numerous issue (Num. 24:7).
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