Buck

buk, n. the male of the deer, goat, hare, and rabbit—often used specifically of the male of the fallow-deer: a dashing young fellow.— v.i. (of a horse or mule—a Buck′jumper ) to attempt to throw by a series of rapid jumps into the air, coming down with the back arched, the head down, and the forelegs stiff: ( U.S. ) to make obstinate resistance to any improvements.— ns. Buck′een , a poor Irish gentleman, without means to support his gentility; Buck′-eye , the American horse-chestnut; Buck′horn , the material of a buck's horn; Buck′-hound , a small kind of staghound used for hunting bucks; Buck′-shot , a large kind of shot, used in shooting deer; Buck′skin , a soft leather made of deerskin or sheepskin: a strong twilled woollen cloth, cropped of nap and carefully finished.— adj. made of the skin of a buck.— n.pl. Buck′skins , breeches made usually of the cloth, not of the leather.— ns. Buck′thorn , a genus of shrubs, the berry of which supplies the sap-green used by painters; Buck′-tooth , a projecting tooth. [A.S. buc , bucca ; Dut. bok , Ger. bock , a he-goat.]