bucktail

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Synonyms: ducktail, cocktail, blacktail, backtrail, mocktail, kicktail, buckstall, racktail, bucktails, bucknall

Antonyms: ducktail, cocktail, blacktail, backtrail, mocktail, kicktail, buckstall, racktail, bucktails, bucknall

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Noun

1. The [[tail]] of a [[deer]], traditionally used as a fishing [[lure]].
2. The end of a [[rivet]] opposite the [[factory head]], which in a solid rivet may be [[buck#Verb 2|bucked]] by holding a heavy [[bucking bar]] or similar-purposed tool against it, while the factory head is hammered until the bucktail is [[upset#Verb|upset]] into an appropriate shape, most commonly pancake-shaped; the [[mandrel]] of a [[blind rivet]] generally upsets the bucktail into a doughnut-shape when it is pulled.

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