n. [ OE. boket; cf. AS. buc pitcher, or Corn. buket tub. ] 1. A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other liquids. [ 1913 Webster ] The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket,
The moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A vessel (as a tub or scoop) for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Mach.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. The valved piston of a lifting pump. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. (Mach.) one of vanes on the rotor of a turbine. [ PJC ] 6. (Mach.) a bucketfull. [ PJC ]
Fire bucket, a bucket for carrying water to put out fires. --
To kick the bucket, to die. [ Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]
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