Part 1441

<h1>Buckety</h1> <Xpage=187>

<hw>Buck"et*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[A corruption of <ets>buckwheat</ets>.]</ety> <def>Paste used by weavers to dress their webs.</def>

<i>Buchanan.</i>

<h1>Buckeye</h1> <Xpage=187>

<hw>Buck"eye`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A name given to several American trees and shrubs of the same genus (<spn>\'92sculus</spn>) as the horse chestnut.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>The Ohio buckeye</col>, &or; <col>Fetid buckeye</col></mcol>, <cd>is <spn>\'92sculus glabra</spn>.</cd> -- <col>Red buckeye</col> <cd>is <spn>\'92. Pavia</spn>.</cd> -- <col>Small buckeye</col> <cd>is <spn>\'92. paviflora</spn>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Sweet buckeye</col>, &or; <col>Yellow buckeye</col></mcol>, <cd>is <spn>\'92. flava</spn>.</cd></cs>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A cant name for a native in Ohio.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<cs><col>Buckeye State</col>, <cd>Ohio; -- so called because buckeye trees abound there.</cd></cs>

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

<hw>Buck"-eyed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having bad or speckled eyes.</def> "A <i>buck-eyed</i> horse."

<i>James White.</i>

<h1>Buckhound</h1> <Xpage=187>

<hw>Buck"hound`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A hound for hunting deer.</def>

<cs><col>Master of the buckhounds</col>, <cd>an officer in the royal household.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark></cs>

<h1>Buckie</h1> <Xpage=187>

<hw>Buck"ie</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large spiral marine shell, esp. the common whelk. See <er>Buccinum</er>.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<cs><col>Deil's buckie</col>, <cd>a perverse, refractory youngster.</cd> <mark>[Slang]</mark></cs> <-- sic. deil = devil. See deil. -->

<h1>Bucking</h1> <Xpage=187>

<hw>Buck"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching; also, the liquid used.</def>

<i>Tomlinson.</i>

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

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores.</def>

<cs><col>Bucking iron</col> <fld>(Mining)</fld>, <cd>a broad-faced hammer, used in bucking or breaking up ores.</cd> -- <col>Bucking kier</col> <fld>(Manuf.)</fld>, <cd>a large circular boiler, or kier, used in bleaching.</cd> -- <col>Bucking stool</col>, <cd>a washing block.</cd></cs>

<h1>Buckish</h1> <Xpage=187>

<hw>Buck"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Dandified; foppish.</def>

<h1>Buckle</h1> <Xpage=187>

<hw>Buc"kle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bocle</ets> buckle, boss of a shield, OF. <ets>bocle</ets>, F. <ets>boucle</ets>, boss of a shield, ring, fr. L. <ets>buccula</ets> a little cheek or mouth, dim. of <ets>bucca</ets> cheek; this boss or knob resembling a cheek.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as parts of dress or harness, by means of a strap passing through the frame and pierced by the tongue.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A distortion bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal.</def>