Part 1439

<h1>Bucholzite</h1> <Xpage=187>

<hw>Buch"ol*zite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[So called from <ets>Bucholz</ets>, a German chemist.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Fibrolite</er>.</def>

<h1>Buchu</h1> <Xpage=187>

<hw>Bu"chu</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A South African shrub (<spn>Barosma</spn>) with small leaves that are dotted with oil dlands; also, the leaves themselves, which are used in medicine for diseases of the urinary organs, etc. Several species furnish the leaves.</def>

<h1>Buck</h1> <Xpage=187>

<hw>Buck</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Akin to LG. <ets>b\'81ke</ets>, Dan. <ets>byg</ets>, Sw. <ets>byk</ets>, G. <ets>bauche</ets>: cf. It. <ets>bucato</ets>, Prov. Sp. <ets>bugada</ets>, F. <ets>bu\'82e</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The cloth or clothes soaked or washed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Buck</h1> <Xpage=187>

<hw>Buck</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bucked</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bucking</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>bouken</ets>; akin to LG. <ets>b\'81ken</ets>, Dan. <ets>byge</ets>, Sw. <ets>byka</ets>, G. <ets>bauchen</ets>, <ets>beuchen</ets>; cf. OF. <ets>buer</ets>. Cf. the preceding noun.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in bleaching.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>To break up or pulverize, as ores.</def>

<h1>Buck</h1> <Xpage=187>

<hw>Buck</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>buk</ets>, <ets>bucke</ets>, AS. <ets>bucca</ets>, <ets>bua</ets>, he-goat; akin to D. <ets>bok</ets>, OHG. <ets>pocch</ets>, G. <ets>bock</ets>, Ir. <ets>boc</ets>, W. <ets>bwch</ets>, Corn. <ets>byk</ets>; cf. Zend <ets>b<?/za</ets>, Skr. <ets>bukka</ets>. \'fb256. Cf. <er>Butcher</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The male of deer, especially fallow deer and antelopes, or of goats, sheep, hares, and rabbits.</def>

<note>&hand; A male fallow deer is called a <i>fawn</i> in his first year; a <i>pricket</i> in his second; a <i>sorel</i> in his third; a <i>sore</i> in his fourth; a <i>buck of the first head</i> in his fifth; and a <i>great buck</i> in his sixth. The female of the fallow deer is termed a <i>doe</i>. The male of the red deer is termed a <i>stag</i> or <i>hart</i> and not a <i>buck</i>, and the female is called a <i>hind</i>.</note>

<i>Brande & C.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A gay, dashing young fellow; a fop; a dandy.</def>

<blockquote>The leading <b>bucks</b> of the day. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A male Indian or negro.</def> <mark>[Colloq. U.S.]</mark>

<note>&hand; The word <i>buck</i> is much used in composition for the names of antelopes; as, bush <i>buck</i>, spring <i>buck</i>.</note>

<cs><col>Blue buck</col>. <cd>See under <er>Blue</er>.</cd> -- <col>Water buck</col>, <cd>a South African variety of antelope (<spn>Kobus ellipsiprymnus</spn>). See <i>Illust<i>. of <er>Antelope</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Buck</h1> <Xpage=187>

<hw>Buck</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To copulate, as bucks and does.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Buck</h1> <Xpage=187>

<hw>Buck</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To throw by bucking. See <er>Buck</er>, <i>v. i.</i>, 2.</def>

<blockquote>The brute that he was riding had nearly <b>bucked</b> him out of the saddle. <i>W. E. Norris.</i></blockquote>