buckler fish (buklerfish)

A fish of the genus Cephalaspis. buckler-headed (buk'ler-hed"ed), a. Having a head like a buckler. Lyell. buckling (buk'ling), n. [Verbal n. of buckle1, v.] The act of bending; tendency to bend or become wavy. The thinne of the blade [of the hand-saw] requires that it should be made wide to give it sufficient stiffne to resist buckling . Morgan, Manual of Mining Tools, p. 114. IMG:content-2682.png:[blocks in formation] 5. To join together; unite in marriage. [Scotch.] Dr. R., who buckles beggars for a tester and a drama Geneva. II.t in trans. To marry. Good silly Stellio, we must shortly buckle . Mother Bombie. ( Hall i well .) buckle-beggar (buk'l-beg"är), n. [Sc., also buckle - the - beggars ; buckle2 , v., 5, + obj. beg gar.] A person who performs the ceremony of marriage in a clandestine and irregular manner. Scott . buckled1 (buk'ld), p. a. [ Hav buckled2 (buk'ld), p. a. [ IMG:content-2683.png:[blocks in formation] A brutal cold country.. to camp out in; never a buck log to his fire, no, nor a stick thicker than your finger for seven mile round. H. Kingsley, Geoffry Hamlyn, v. buck-mackerel (buk'mak"e-rel), n. A name about Banff, Scotland, of the scad, Trachurus trachurus.