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Webster 1913 Edition
Bucket
Buck′et
,Noun.
[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.
The old oaken
The moss-covered
bucket
, the iron-bound bucket
,The moss-covered
bucket
, which hung in the well. Wordsworth.
2.
A vessel (as a tub or scoop) for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain, etc.
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.
4.
The valved piston of a lifting pump.
Fire bucket
, a bucket for carrying water to put out fires.
– To kick the bucket
, to die.
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Webster 1828 Edition
Bucket
BUCK'ET
,Noun.
1.
The vessel in which water is drawn out of a well; it is nearly in the form of a pail.2.
A vessel or pail used at sea to draw water up at the side of a ship, for washing the decks, &c.3.
A vessel made of leather, nearly in the form of a pail, but narrower and deeper, used to convey water by hand for extinguishing fires.