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Found 2 hits - Term: bucking, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bucking \buck"ing\, n.
   1. the act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an
      alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching; also, the
      liquid used. --tomlinson.
      1913 webster

   2. a washing.
      1913 webster

   3. the process of breaking up or pulverizing ores.
      1913 webster

   bucking iron mining, a broad-faced hammer, used in
      bucking or breaking up ores.

   bucking kier manuf., a large circular boiler, or kier,
      used in bleaching.

   bucking stool, a washing block.
      1913 webster
see also:
bucking iron bucking kier bucking stool 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
buck \buck\, v. t. imp.  p. p. bucked bu^kt; p. pr. 
   vb. n. bucking. oe. bouken; akin to lg. b"uken, 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.
      1913 webster

   2. to wash clothes in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by
      beating them on stones in running water.
      1913 webster

   3. mining to break up or pulverize, as ores.
      1913 webster
see also:
bucked bucking 

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