Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bucked"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Buck \Buck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bucked} (b[u^]kt); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Bucking}.] [OE. bouken; akin to LG. b["u]ken, Dan.
byge, Sw. byka, G. bauchen, beuchen; cf. OF. buer. Cf. the
preceding noun.]
1. To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in
bleaching.

2. To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by
beating them on stones in running water.

3. (Mining) To break up or pulverize, as ores.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

bucked
adj : (of upper front teeth) projecting outward; "buck teeth"
[syn: {buck(a)}, {bucked(a)}]


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