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ct is attached to something, as the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap.

d actions of others. The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable. Buckminster.

A tract of crown land in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, to which is attached the nominal office of steward. As members of Parliament cannot resign, when they wish to go out they accept this stewardship, which legally vacates their seats.

Shaped like a round buckler or shield; scutate.

ion beyond and above the most elevated spring that issues into it. [Written also coombe.] Buckland. A gradual rise the shelving combe Displayed. Southey.

Dying together or at the same time. [R.] Sir G. Buck.

Suffering or enduring together. [Obs.] Sir G. Buck.

t and artifice of this great fabric. Glanvill. Active to meet their contrivements. Sir G. Buck.

in, coal, etc., -- as a spiral or screw turning in a pipe or trough, an endless belt with buckets, or a truck running along a rope.

A leather loop, passing under a horse's tail, and buckled to the saddle to keep it from slipping forwards.

Fitted for general acceptance or circulation; authentic; passable. O Buckingham, now do I play the touch To try if thou be current gold indeed. Shak. Account current. See under Account. -- Current money, lawful money. Abbott.

A pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table.

Made up like a dandy; having the dress or manners of a dandy; buckish.

o debar them, not only from the comforts but from the common decencies of civilized life. Buckle.

be hung up in the nursery of every king, and blazoned on the porch of every royal palace. Buckle.

Very; with a tendency to darkness of color. The deeply red juice of buckthorn berries. Boyle.

so miserably ignorant, that his deficiencies made him the ridicule of his contemporaries. Buckle. Deficiency of a curve (Geom.), the amount by which the number of double points on a curve is short of the maximum for curves of the same degree.

Devil; -- spelt also deel. [Scot.] Deil's buckie. See under Buckie.

taining to a denomination, especially to a sect or society. "Denominational differences." Buckle.

Designated; appointed; chosen. [R.] Sir G. Buck.