Result from Foreign Dictionaries (9 entries found)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Sawhorse \Saw"horse`\, n. A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; -- called also {buck}, and {sawbuck}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Buck \Buck\ (b[u^]k), n. [Akin to LG. b["u]ke, Dan. byg, Sw. byk, G. bauche: cf. It. bucato, Prov. Sp. bugada, F. bu['e]e.] 1. Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed. [1913 Webster] 2. The cloth or clothes soaked or washed. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Buck \Buck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bucked} (b[u^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bucking}.] [OE. bouken; akin to LG. b["u]ken, Dan. byge, Sw. byka, G. bauchen, beuchen; cf. OF. buer. Cf. the preceding noun.] 1. To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in bleaching. [1913 Webster] 2. To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mining) To break up or pulverize, as ores. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Buck \Buck\ (b[u^]k), v. i. 1. To copulate, as bucks and does. [1913 Webster] 2. To spring with quick plunging leaps, descending with the fore legs rigid and the head held as low down as possible; -- said of a vicious horse or mule. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Buck \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 and in the angle formed by the knees. [1913 Webster] 2. To throw by bucking. See {Buck}, v. i., 2. [1913 Webster] The brute that he was riding had nearly bucked him out of the saddle. --W. E. Norris. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Buck \Buck\ (b[u^]k), 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 b[=u]za, Skr. bukka. [root]256. Cf. {Butcher}, n.] 1. The male of deer, especially fallow deer and antelopes, or of goats, sheep, hares, and rabbits. [1913 Webster] Note: A male fallow deer is called a fawn in his first year; a pricket in his second; a sorel in his third; a sore in his fourth; a buck of the first head in his fifth; and a great buck in his sixth. The female of the fallow deer is termed a doe. The male of the red deer is termed a stag or hart and not a buck, and the female is called a hind. --Brande & C. [1913 Webster] 2. A gay, dashing young fellow; a fop; a dandy. [1913 Webster] The leading bucks of the day. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] 3. A male Indian or negro. [Colloq. U.S.] [1913 Webster] Note: The word buck is much used in composition for the names of antelopes; as, bush buck, spring buck. [1913 Webster] {Blue buck}. See under {Blue}. {Water buck}, a South African variety of antelope ({Kobus ellipsiprymnus}). See Illust. of {Antelope}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Buck \Buck\, n. A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck. [1913 Webster] {Buck saw}, a saw set in a frame and used for sawing wood on a sawhorse. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Buck \Buck\, n. [See {Beech}, n.] The beech tree. [Scot.] [1913 Webster] {Buck mast}, the mast or fruit of the beech tree. --Johnson. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: buck n 1: a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting [syn: {vaulting horse}, {long horse}, {buck}] 2: a piece of paper money worth one dollar [syn: {dollar}, {dollar bill}, {one dollar bill}, {buck}, {clam}] 3: United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973) [syn: {Buck}, {Pearl Buck}, {Pearl Sydenstricker Buck}] 4: a framework for holding wood that is being sawed [syn: {sawhorse}, {horse}, {sawbuck}, {buck}] 5: mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope) v 1: to strive with determination; "John is bucking for a promotion" 2: resist; "buck the trend" [syn: {buck}, {go against}] 3: move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office" [syn: {tear}, {shoot}, {shoot down}, {charge}, {buck}] 4: jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung filly bucked" [syn: {buck}, {jerk}, {hitch}]