Bush
(Bush) v. i. To branch thickly in the manner of a bush. "The bushing alders." Pope.
Bush
(Bush), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bushed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bushing.]
1. To set bushes for; to support with bushes; as, to bush peas.
2. To use a bush harrow on for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush; as, to bush a piece of land; to
bush seeds into the ground.
Bush
(Bush), n. [D. bus a box, akin to E. box; or F. boucher to plug.]
1. (Mech.) A lining for a hole to make it smaller; a thimble or ring of metal or wood inserted in a plate
or other part of machinery to receive the wear of a pivot or arbor. Knight.
In the larger machines, such a piece is called a box, particularly in the United States.
2. (Gun.) A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored. Farrow.
Bush
(Bush), v. t. To furnish with a bush, or lining; as, to bush a pivot hole.
Bushboy
(Bush"boy) n. See Bushman.
Bushel
(Bush"el) n. [OE. buschel, boischel, OF. boissel, bussel, boistel, F. boisseau, LL. bustellus; dim.
of bustia, buxida fr. pyxida, acc. of L. pyxis box, Gr. . Cf. Box.]
1. A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.
The Winchester bushel, formerly used in England, contained 2150.42 cubic inches, being the volume
of a cylinder 18½ inches in internal diameter and eight inches in depth. The standard bushel measures,
prepared by the United States Government and distributed to the States, hold each 77.6274 pounds of
distilled water, at 39.8° Fahr. and 30 inches atmospheric pressure, being the equivalent of the Winchester
bushel. The imperial bushel now in use in England is larger than the Winchester bushel, containing
2218.2 cubic inches, or 80 pounds of water at 62° Fahr.
2. A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.
Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed, and not to be set on a candlestick?
Mark
iv. 21.
3. A quantity that fills a bushel measure; as, a heap containing ten bushels of apples.
In the United States a large number of articles, bought and sold by the bushel, are measured by weighing,
the number of pounds that make a bushel being determined by State law or by local custom. For some
articles, as apples, potatoes, etc., heaped measure is required in measuring a bushel.
4. A large indefinite quantity. [Colloq.]
The worthies of antiquity bought the rarest pictures with bushels of gold, without counting the weight or
the number of the pieces.
Dryden.
5. The iron lining in the nave of a wheel. [Eng.] In the United States it is called a box. See 4th Bush.
Bushelage
(Bush"el*age) n. A duty payable on commodities by the bushel. [Eng.]
Bushelman
(Bush"el*man) n. A tailor's assistant for repairing garments; — called also busheler. [Local,
U.S.]
