[syn: buck, jerk, hitch]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. The cloth or clothes soaked or washed. [Obs.] --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by
beating them on stones in running water.
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3. (Mining) To break up or pulverize, as ores.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Buck \Buck\ (b[u^]k), v. i.
1. To copulate, as bucks and does.
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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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. To throw by bucking. See Buck, v. i., 2.
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The brute that he was riding had nearly bucked him
out of the saddle. --W. E.
Norris.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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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.
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2. A gay, dashing young fellow; a fop; a dandy.
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The leading bucks of the day. --Thackeray.
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3. A male Indian or negro. [Colloq. U.S.]
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Note: The word buck is much used in composition for the names
of antelopes; as, bush buck, spring buck.
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Blue buck. See under Blue.
Water buck, a South African variety of antelope (Kobus
ellipsiprymnus). See Illust. of Antelope.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Buck \Buck\, n.
A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck.
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Buck saw, a saw set in a frame and used for sawing wood on
a sawhorse.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Buck \Buck\, n. [See Beech, n.]
The beech tree. [Scot.]
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Buck mast, the mast or fruit of the beech tree. --Johnson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]