Buckle

buk'1, n. A frame with tongue or catch to bufet, fasten things together; a curl, or state of being curled Buf'feter, or crisped, as hair.— [buckled (buk'ld), buck- Buffo, ling.] To fasten with a buckle to prepare for ac- Buffoon, tion set stoutly at work. — v. To bend, bow to and struggle, contend. [OF. bode (F. boucle), bo of a [F. shield, ring, LL. bucula, bo of a shield, or bucioon'ory, cula, shield, buckle, dim. of bucca, cheek.] — To — buckle To bend to; apply with vigor to. — Buck'- Bug, ler, n. A kind of shield. (Naut.) A cover fitted to hemipterous the hawse-holes, to exclude water. [OF. bocler.] Bug'bear,