Bucking

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A Washing.

II. Bucking ·noun The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores.

III. Bucking ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Buck.

IV. Bucking ·noun The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching; also, the liquid used.