[ G. bockbier; bock a buck + bier beer; -- said to be so named from its tendency to cause the drinker to caper like a goat. ] A strong beer, originally made in Bavaria. [ Also written buck beer. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A kind of long-winged hawk; -- called also bockerel, and bockeret. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. bokaal. ] A bowl or vessel made from a gourd. [ Local, New York ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A coarse woolen fabric, used for floor cloths, to cover carpets, etc.; -- so called from the town of Bocking, in England, where it was first made. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Bookland. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ AS. bōcland; bōc book + land land. ] (O. Eng. Law) Charter land held by deed under certain rents and free services, which differed in nothing from free socage lands. This species of tenure has given rise to the modern freeholds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A linsey-woolsey fabric having a rough knotted surface on the right side; used for women's dresses. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

[ capitalized ] prop. n. [ From Diedrich KNickerbocker, the fictional author of The History of New York, in fact written by Washington Irving. ] A descendent of the early Dutch colonists of the New York City area; -- used mostly as a nickname for an inhabitant of New York state or especially New York City. [ PJC ]

n. pl. The name for a style of short breeches; smallclothes; called also knickers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G. stein stone + bock buck, D. bok. Cf. Steenbok. ] (Zool.) (a) The European ibex. (b) A small South African antelope (Nanotragus tragulus) which frequents dry, rocky districts; -- called also steenbok. [ Written also steinboc, and steinbok; also called stonebock, and stonebuck. ] [ 1913 Webster ]