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   Buckle , n. [OE. bocle buckle, boss of a shield, OF. bocle, F. boucle, boss of a shield, ring, fr. L. buccula a little cheek or mouth, dim. of bucca cheek; this boss or knob resembling a cheek.]
   A device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as parts of dress or harness, by means of a strap passing through the frame and pierced by the tongue.
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   A distortion bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal.
   Knight.
   
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   A curl of hair, esp. a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled.
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   Earlocks in tight buckles on each side of a lantern face.
   W. Irving.
   
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   Lets his wig lie in buckle for a whole half year.
   Addison.
   
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   A contorted expression, as of the face. [R.]
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   'Gainst nature armed by gravity,
   His features too in buckle see.
   Churchill.
   
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   Buckle , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buckled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Buckling.] [OE. boclen, F. boucler. See Buckle, n.]
   To fasten or confine with a buckle or buckles; as, to buckle a harness.
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   To bend; to cause to kink, or to become distorted.
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   To prepare for action; to apply with vigor and earnestness; -- formerly, generally used reflexively, but by mid 20th century, usually used with down; -- as, the programmers buckled down and worked late hours to finish the project in time for the promised delivery date.
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   Cartwright buckled himself to the employment.
   Fuller.
   
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   To join in marriage. [Scot.]
   Sir W. Scott.
   
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   Buckle , v. i.
    To bend permanently; to become distorted; to bow; to curl; to kink.
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   Buckled with the heat of the fire like parchment.
   Pepys.
   
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   To bend out of a true vertical plane, as a wall.
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   To yield; to give way; to cease opposing. [Obs.]
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   The Dutch, as high as they seem, do begin to buckle.
   Pepys.
   
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   To enter upon some labor or contest; to join in close fight; to struggle; to contend.
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   The bishop was as able and ready to buckle with the Lord Protector as he was with him.
   Latimer.
   
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   In single combat thou shalt buckle with me.
   Shak.
   
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   To buckle to, to bend to; to engage with zeal.
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   To make our sturdy humor buckle thereto.
   Barrow.
   
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   Before buckling to my winter's work.
   J. D. Forbes.
   
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