n. [ OE. boket; cf. AS. buc pitcher, or Corn. buket tub. ] 1. A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other liquids. [ 1913 Webster ]

The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket,
The moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A vessel (as a tub or scoop) for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mach.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The valved piston of a lifting pump. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Mach.) one of vanes on the rotor of a turbine. [ PJC ]

6. (Mach.) a bucketfull. [ PJC ]

Fire bucket, a bucket for carrying water to put out fires. --
To kick the bucket, to die. [ Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bucketed p. pr. & vb. n. Bucketing. ] 1. To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets; as, to bucket water. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. To pour over from a bucket; to drench. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. (Rowing) To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body. [ Eng. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a bucket filled with a substance, or the quantity which would fill a bucket.
Syn. -- bucket. [ PJC ]

An office or a place where facilities are given for betting small sums on current prices of stocks, petroleum, etc. [ Slang, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A corruption of buckwheat. ] Paste used by weavers to dress their webs. Buchanan. [ 1913 Webster ]