Part 1444

<i>Cowper.</i>

<h1>Buck's-horn</h1> <Xpage=188>

<hw>Buck's"-horn`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant with leaves branched somewhat like a buck's horn (<spn>Plantago Coronopus</spn>); also, <spn>Lobelia coronopifolia</spn>.</def>

<h1>Buckshot</h1> <Xpage=188>

<hw>Buck"shot`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A coarse leaden shot, larger than swan shot, used in hunting deer and large game.</def>

<h1>Buckskin</h1> <Xpage=188>

<hw>Buck"skin`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The skin of a buck.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A person clothed in buckskin, particularly an American soldier of the Revolutionary war.</def>

<blockquote>Cornwallis fought as lang's he dought, An' did the <b>buckskins</b> claw, man. <i>Burns.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Breeches made of buckskin.</def>

<blockquote>I have alluded to his <b>buckskin</b>. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Buckstall</h1> <Xpage=188>

<hw>Buck"stall`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A toil or net to take deer.</def>

<h1>Buckthorn</h1> <Xpage=188>

<hw>Buck"thorn`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus (<spn>Rhamnus</spn>) of shrubs or trees. The shorter branches of some species terminate in long spines or thorns. See <er>Rhamnus</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Sea buckthorn</col>, <cd>a plant of the genus <spn>Hippopha\'89</spn>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bucktooth</h1> <Xpage=188>

<hw>Buck"tooth`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Any tooth that juts out.</def>

<blockquote>When he laughed, two white <b>buckteeth</b> protruded. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Buckwheat</h1> <Xpage=188>

<hw>Buck"wheat`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Buck</ets> a beech tree + <ets>wheat</ets>; akin to D. <ets>boekweit</ets>, G. <ets>buchweizen</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant (<spn>Fagopyrum esculentum</spn>) of the Polygonum family, the seed of which is used for food.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The triangular seed used, when ground, for griddle cakes, etc.</def>

<h1>Bucolic</h1> <Xpage=188>

<hw>Bu*col"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bucolicus</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ cowherd, herdsman; <?/ ox + (perh.) <?/ race horse; cf. Skr. <ets>kal</ets> to drive: cf. F. <ets>bucolique</ets>. See <er>Cow</er> the animal.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.</def>

<h1>Bucolic</h1> <Xpage=188>

<hw>Bu*col"ic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Bucolic\'93n</ets> po\'89ma.]</ety> <def>A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds; <as>as, the <ex>Bucolics</ex> of Theocritus and Virgil</as>.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>