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White; white man's; strong; good; as, buckra yam, a white yam.

Made of buckram; as, a buckram suit.

A coarse leaden shot, larger than swan shot, used in hunting deer and large game.

The skin of a buck.

A toil or net to take deer.

The shorter branches of some species terminate in long spines or thorns. See Rhamnus. Sea buckthorn, a plant of the genus Hippophaë.

Any tooth that juts out. When he laughed, two white buckteeth protruded. Thackeray.

A plant (Fagopyrum esculentum) of the Polygonum family, the seed of which is used for food.

The buckthorn (Rhamnus Purshiana) of the Pacific coast of the United States, which yields cascara sagrada.

An eelpot or eel basket.

To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle. Totten.

The springbuck.

See Rietboc.

A small European and Asiatic deer (Capreolus capræa) having erect, cylindrical, branched antlers, forked at the summit. This, the smallest European deer, is very nimble and graceful. It always prefers a mountainous country, or high grounds.

A bullying and violent person; a braggart; a swashbuckler. [Obs.] That flock of stout, bragging rushbucklers. Robynson (More's Utopia).

A sawhorse.

A South African gazelle (Gazella euchore) noted for its graceful form and swiftness, and for its peculiar habit of springing lighty and suddenly into the air. It has a white dorsal stripe, expanding into a broad patch of white on the rump and tail. Called also springer. [Written also springboc, and springbock.]…

See Steinbock.

A bully or braggadocio; a swaggering, boastful fellow; a swaggerer. Milton.

A swashbuckler; a bully; a roiserer. [Obs.] Shak.