| Buck, Gurdon | <person> U.S. Surgeon, 1807-1877. See: Buck's extension, Buck's fascia, Buck's traction. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| buck | 1. The male of deer, especially fallow deer and antelopes, or of goats, sheep, hares, and rabbits. A male fallow deer is called a fawn in his first year; a pricket in his second; a sorel in his third; a sore in his fourth; a buck of the first head in his fifth; and a great buck in his sixth. The female of the fallow deer is termed a doe. The male of the red deer is termed a stag or hart and not a buck, and the female is called a hind. 2. A gay, dashing young fellow; a fop; a dandy. "The leading bucks of the day." (Thackeray) 3. A male Indian or negro. The word buck is much used in composition for the names of antelopes; as, bush buck, spring buck. Blue buck. See Blue. Water buck, a South African variety of antelope (Kobus ellipsiprymnus). Origin: OE. Buk, bucke, AS. Bucca, bua, he-goat; akin to D. Bok, OHG. Pocch, G. Bock, Ir. Boc, W. Bwch, Corn. Byk; cf. Zend bza, Skr. Bukka. 256. Cf. Butcher. The beech tree. Buck mast, the mast or fruit of the beech tree. A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck. Buck saw, a saw set in a frame and used for sawing wood on a sawhorse. 1. To copulate, as bucks and does. 2. To spring with quick plunging leaps, descending with the fore legs rigid and the head held as low down as possible; said of a vicious horse or mule. 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. <chemical> To break up or pulverize, as ores. Origin: OE. Bouken; akin to LG. Buken, Dan. Byge, Sw. Byka, G. Bauchen, beuchen; cf. OF. Buer. Cf. The preceding noun. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| buck bean | <botany> A plant (Menyanthes trifoliata) which grows in moist and boggy places, having racems of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine; marsh trefoil. Synonym: bogbean, menyanthes. (08 Mar 2000) |
| Buck's extension | Apparatus for applying longitudinal skin traction on the leg through contact between the skin and adhesive tape; friction between the tape and skin permits application of force, which is applied through a cord over a pulley, suspending a weight; elevation of the foot of the bed allows the body to act as a counterweight. Synonym: Buck's traction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Buck's fascia | A deep layer which surrounds the three erectile bodies of the penis. Synonym: Buck's fascia, fascia penis profunda. (05 Mar 2000) |
| buck's-horn | <botany> A plant with leaves branched somewhat like a buck's horn (Plantago Coronopus); also, Lobelia coronopifolia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Buck's traction | Apparatus for applying longitudinal skin traction on the leg through contact between the skin and adhesive tape; friction between the tape and skin permits application of force, which is applied through a cord over a pulley, suspending a weight; elevation of the foot of the bed allows the body to act as a counterweight. Synonym: Buck's traction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| buck tooth | An anterior tooth in labioversion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| water buck | <zoology> A large, heavy antelope (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) native of Central Africa. It frequents the banks of rivers and is a good swimmer. It has a white ring around the rump. Called also photomok, water antelope, and waterbok. The name is also applied to other related species, as the leche (Kobus leche), which has similar habits. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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