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Definition of Bucking
1. n. The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching; also, the liquid used.
Definition of Bucking
1. Verb. (present participle of buck) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bucking
1. buck [v] - See also: buck
Medical Definition of Bucking
1.
1. The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching; also, the liquid used.
2. A washing.
3. The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bucking
Literary usage of Bucking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"In other words, at high speeds, the current passes through the bucking coll ...
Note the bucking coil is in series with the circuit, connecting as it does, ..."
2. Electrical Engineering: The Theory and Characteristics of Electrical by Clarence Victor Christie (1917)
"bucking or Flashing.—bucking or flashing may be the result of poor commutating
conditions causing bad sparking under the brushes, or of high voltage between ..."
3. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution by David Hume (1789)
"... the crown Murder of Edward V. and of the duke of Tork contented The earl of
Richmond bucking- bam executed ..."
4. Handbook for Rangers & Woodsmen by Jay Laird Burgess Taylor (1916)
"bucking LOGS Improper bucking is responsible for one of the greatest losses in
the lumbering industry. Crooked logs especially present excellent ..."
5. A Dictionary of Chemistry: On the Basis of Mr. Nicholson's, in which the ...by Andrew Ure, William Nicholson by Andrew Ure, William Nicholson (1821)
"The goods are next exposed to the action of hot alkaline lixivia, by bucking or
boiling, or both. The former operation consists in pouring boiling hot ley ..."
6. The Electrical Engineer (1892)
"bucking became much les frequent when the commutated fields were replaced ...
MM '' It was noticed that bucking was very commonly precede by flashing at the ..."
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