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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
A blind horse; also a gay debauchee.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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
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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.
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buck
1) of a cart or waggon, the body. Hamp.
2) the breast. Suss.
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Bean
·noun The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans.
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bean
A guinea. Half bean; half a guinea.
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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.
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buck fitch
A lecherous old fellow.
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buck-jumper
See bucker
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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
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buck-shot
n.
a settlers' term for ageological formation. See quotation.
1851. `The Australasian Quarterly,' ...
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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.
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haw-buck
A term used by the farmers in driving their oxen; and hence often applied to a rough and unpolished ...
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buck, to
To wash a sail.
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buck-weel
A bow-net for fish.
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Adsuki bean
·add. ·- A cultivated variety of the Asiatic gram, now introduced into the United States.
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Bean caper
·- A deciduous plant of warm climates, generally with fleshy leaves and flowers of a yellow or whiti...
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Bean trefoil
·- A leguminous shrub of southern Europe, with trifoliate leaves (Anagyris foetida).
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Castor bean
·- The bean or seed of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi.).
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Florida bean
·- One of the very large seeds of the Entada scandens.
II. Florida bean ·- The large, roundish, fla...
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Ignatius bean
·- ·see Saint Ignatius's bean, under <<Saint>>.
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Jequirity bean
·add. ·- The seed of the wild licorice (Abrus precatorius) used by the people of India for beads in ...
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Mesquite bean
·add. ·- The pod or seed of the mesquite.
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Pichurim bean
·- The seed of a Brazilian lauraceous tree (Nectandra Puchury) of a taste and smell between those of...
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Sea bean
·- ·same·as Florida bean.
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Tonca bean
·- ·see Tonka bean.
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Tonka bean
·- The seed of a leguminous tree (Dipteryx odorata), native of Guiana. It has a peculiarly agreeable...
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Tonquin bean
·- ·see Tonka bean.
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bean(, Queensland)
or Leichhardt, or Match-box
n.
Entada scandens, Benth., N.O. Leguminosae. Though this bean has two...
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bean-tree
n.
called also Moreton BayChestnut, Castanospermum australe, Cunn. and Fraser, N.O. Leguminosae; a ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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leichhardt-bean
n.
See bean.
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Queensland bean
. n.
See bean.
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bean-cod
A small fishing-vessel, or pilot-boat, common on the sea-coasts and in the rivers of Spain and Portu...
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to run a buck
To poll a bad vote at an election.--IRISH TERM.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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match-box bean
n.
another name for the ripehard seed of the Queensland Bean, Entadascandens, Benth., N.O. Legumino...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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tonquin bean-tree
n.
a Tasmanian variety of Native Sandalwood; also called Tonga Beanwood.
1862. W. Archer, `Product...
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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.
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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