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• Buck

  ·noun The beech tree. II. Buck ·noun A male Indian or negro. III. Buck ·vi To copulate, as bucks a...

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• buck

  I. v. Used «intransitively of a horse, toleap vertically from the ground, drawing the feet togethe...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• buck

  A frame or stand of peculiar construction on which wood is sawn for fuel. In New England it is calle...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• buck

  1) of a cart or waggon, the body. Hamp. 2) the breast. Suss. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Buck bean

  ·- A plant (Menyanthes trifoliata) which grows in moist and boggy places, having racemes of white or...

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• Buck fever

  ·add. ·- Intense excitement at the sight of deer or other game, such as often unnerves a novice in h...

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• Buck-basket

  ·noun A basket in which clothes are carried to the wash. ...

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• Buck-eyed

  ·adj Having bad or speckled eyes. ...

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• Water buck

  ·- A large, heavy antelope (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) native of Central Africa. It frequents the banks o...

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• buck bail

  Bail given by a sharper for one of the gang. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• buck fitch

  A lecherous old fellow. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• buck-jumper

  See bucker ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• buck-jumping

  Bucking verbal nouns. 1855. W. Howitt, `Two Years in Victoria,' vol. i. p. 43: «At length it shoo...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• buck-shot

  n. a settlers' term for ageological formation. See quotation. 1851. `The Australasian Quarterly,' ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• buck-eye

  In the Western States, the people of each are known by certain nicknames. The natives of Ohio are ca...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• haw-buck

  A term used by the farmers in driving their oxen; and hence often applied to a rough and unpolished ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• buck, to

  To wash a sail. ...

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• buck-weel

  A bow-net for fish. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• to run a buck

  To poll a bad vote at an election.--IRISH TERM. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• hearty as a buck

  A hunter's phrase, now in very common use. Well, how d'ye do, any how? So, so, middlin'. I'm heart...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• a buck of the first head

  One who in debauchery surpasses the rest of his companions, a blood or choice spirit. There are in L...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose