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p. a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled. Earlocks in tight buckles on each side of a lantern face. W. Irving. Lets his wig lie in buckle for a whole half year. Addison.

lar opening in a half-port, to prevent water from entering when the vessel pitches. Blind buckler (Naut.), a solid buckler. -- Buckler mustard (Bot.), a genus of plants (Biscutella) with small bright yellow flowers. The seed vessel on bursting resembles two bucklers or shields. -- Buckler thorn, a plant with seed ves…

Having a head like a buckler.

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

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

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

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

A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc.

To loose the buckles of; to unfasten; as, to unbuckle a shoe. "Unbuckle anon thy purse." Chaucer.

helper; an auxiliary. Science, instead of being the enemy of religion, becomes its ally. Buckle.

position; pleasantness; civility; suavity; gentleness. A sweetness and amenity of temper. Buckle. This climate has not seduced by its amenities. W. Howitt.

re for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger. Men must have appetite before they will eat. Buckle.

e wandering avocations of a shepherd, rather than the more fixed pursuits of agriculture. Buckle.

de To make his balance true. Cowper. The order and balance of the country were destroyed. Buckle. English workmen completely lose their balance. J. S. Mill.

That which restrains or confines as a girdle. He cannot buckle his distempered cause Within the belt of rule. Shak.

A strap which enters a buckle.

Resembling two bucklers placed side by side.

on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus.

An appliance resembling a small boot furnished with straps, buckles, etc., used to correct or prevent distortions in the lower extremities of children. Dunglison.

rming two branches united at one end. -- Knee breeches, breeches coming to the knee, and buckled or fastened there; smallclothes. -- To wear the breeches, to usurp the authority of the husband; -- said of a wife. [Colloq.]