Bucket (&unr_;), n. [OE. boket; cf. AS. buc pitcher, or Corn. buket tub.] 1. A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other liquids.
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The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket,
The moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well. Wordsworth.
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2. A vessel (as a tub or scoop) for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain, etc.
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3. (Mach.) One of the receptacles on the rim of a water wheel into which the water rushes, causing the wheel to revolve; also, a float of a paddle wheel.
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4. The valved piston of a lifting pump.
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5. (Mach.) one of vanes on the rotor of a turbine.
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6. (Mach.) a bucketfull.
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Fire bucket, a bucket for carrying water to put out fires. -- To kick the bucket, to die. [Low]
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