BUCKET

Bucket. Bucket
A vessel to draw water with (Isa. 40:15); used figuratively, probably, of a numerous issue (Num. 24:7).

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BUCKET. → General scriptures concerning Nu 24:7; Isa 40:15

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bucket. Bucket, n. a vessel to draw or carry water in

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Buck″et (�), n. [[OE. boket; cf. AS. buc pitcher, or Corn. buket tub.]] 1. 1. A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other liquids.
The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well. Wordsworth. 2. 2. A vessel (as a tub or scoop) for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain, etc.
3. 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.
4. 4. The valved piston of a lifting pump.
Fire bucket, a bucket for carrying water to put out fires. — To kick the bucket, to die.