- (n.) A vessel for drawing up water from a well or for catching, holding or carrying water, sap or other liquids.
- (n.) A vessel (as a tub or scoop) for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain, etc.
- (n.) The valved piston of a lifting pump.
- (n.) One of the receptacles on the rim of a water wheel into which the water rushes, causing the wheel to revolve; also, a float of a paddle wheel.
- (v.t.) To pour over from a bucket; to drench.
- (v.t.) To draw or lift in or as if in, buckets; as, to bucket water.
- (v.t.) To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.
- (v.t.) To make or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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