'Bucking' definitions:
Definition of 'Bucking'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Mining) To break up or pulverize, as ores. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bucking'
From: GCIDE
- Bucking \Buck"ing\, n.
- 1. The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching; also, the liquid used. --Tomlinson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A washing. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores. [1913 Webster]
- Bucking iron (Mining), a broad-faced hammer, used in bucking or breaking up ores.
- Bucking kier (Manuf.), a large circular boiler, or kier, used in bleaching.
- Bucking stool, a washing block. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Bucking'
- Buck,
- Bucked,
- Bucks,
- buck up,
- bucked up,
- Blue buck,
- Buck Grove,
- Buck Run,
- Buck bean,
- Buck fever,
- Buck mast,
- Buck saw,
- Buck wheat,
- Bucking iron,
- Bucking kier,
- Bucking stool,
- Bucks County,
- Bucks Lake,
- Bucks, PA,
- Bush buck,
- Gray buck,
- Water buck,
- big bucks,
- black buck,
- buck beer,
- buck private,
- buck sergeant,
- buck wagon,
- buck's fizz,
- bucking bronco,
- fast buck,
- pass the buck,
- pearl buck,
- quick buck,
- young buck,
- A buck of the first head,
- Buck Grove, IA,
- Buck Run, PA,
- Buck's-horn,
- Buck-basket,
- Buck-eyed,
- Bucks County, PA,
- Bucks Lake, CA,
- buck-and-wing,
- buck-toothed,
- lee buck trevino,
- pearl sydenstricker buck