A small bar of gold and silver, either pure, or
alloyed in some known proportion with copper, for trying the purity of
articles of gold or silver by comparison of the streaks made by the
article and the bar on a touchstone.
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, Th...