·noun The valved piston of a lifting pump.
II. Bucket ·add. ·vt To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.
III. Bucket ·noun A vessel (as a tub or scoop) for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain, ·etc.
IV. Bucket ·add. ·vt To pour over from a bucket; to Drench.
V. Bucket ·add. ·vt To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets; as, to bucket water.
VI. Bucket ·noun A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other liquids.
VII. Bucket ·add. ·vt To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.
VIII. Bucket ·noun 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.