To kick the bucket; to die.
·noun The valved piston of a lifting pump. II. Bucket ·add. ·vt To ride (a horse) hard or merciless...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A vessel to draw water with (Isa. 40:15); used figuratively, probably, of a numerous issue (Num. 24:...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
A small globe of hoops, covered with canvas, used as a recall for the boats of whalers. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·- An office or a place where facilities are given for betting small sums on current prices of stock...
A foul feeder, one that eats much greasy food. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
That which is tied to a bucket for drawing water up from alongside. ...
In a steamer's engine, is a flat metal plate filling up the passage between the air-pump and the con...
A bucket kept in the tops, to grease the masts, sheets, &c., to make all run smoothly. ...
To die. He kicked the bucket one day: he died one day. To kick the clouds before the hotel door; i.e...
To expire; an inconsiderate phrase for dying. ...