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. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the larger machines, such a piece is called a box, particularly in the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gun.) A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored. Farrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. bosch, busch, buysch, bosk, busk; akin to D. bosch, OHG. busc, G. busch, Icel. būskr, būski, Dan. busk, Sw. buske, and also to LL. boscus, buscus, Pr. bosc, It. bosco, Sp. & Pg. bosque, F. bois, OF. bos. Whether the LL. or G. form is the original is uncertain; if the LL., it is perh. from the same source as E. box a case. Cf. Ambush, Boscage, Bouquet, Box a case. ] 1. A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This was the original sense of the word, as in the Dutch bosch, a wood, and was so used by Chaucer. In this sense it is extensively used in the British colonies, especially at the Cape of Good Hope, and also in Australia and Canada; as, to live or settle in the bush. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs. [ 1913 Webster ]

To bind a bush of thorns among sweet-smelling flowers. Gascoigne. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as, bushes to support pea vines. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (as sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself. [ 1913 Webster ]

If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 't is true that a good play needs no epilogue. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox. [ 1913 Webster ]

To beat about the bush, to approach anything in a round-about manner, instead of coming directly to it; -- a metaphor taken from hunting. --
Bush bean (Bot.), a variety of bean which is low and requires no support (Phaseolus vulgaris, variety nanus). See Bean, 1. --
Bush buck, or
Bush goat (Zool.), a beautiful South African antelope (Tragelaphus sylvaticus); -- so called because found mainly in wooden localities. The name is also applied to other species. --
Bush cat (Zool.), the serval. See Serval. --
Bush chat (Zool.), a bird of the genus Pratincola, of the Thrush family. --
Bush dog. (Zool.) See Potto. --
Bush hammer. See Bushhammer in the Vocabulary. --
Bush harrow (Agric.) See under Harrow. --
Bush hog (Zool.), a South African wild hog (Potamochœrus Africanus); -- called also bush pig, and water hog. --
Bush master (Zool.), a venomous snake (Lachesis mutus) of Guinea; -- called also surucucu. --
Bush pea (Bot.), a variety of pea that needs to be bushed. --
Bush shrike (Zool.), a bird of the genus Thamnophilus, and allied genera; -- called also batarg. Many species inhabit tropical America. --
Bush tit (Zool.), a small bird of the genus Psaltriparus, allied to the titmouse. Psaltriparus minimus inhabits California. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To branch thickly in the manner of a bush. “The bushing alders.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bushed (b&usdot_;sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Bushing. ] 1. To set bushes for; to support with bushes; as, to bush peas. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush; as, to bush a piece of land; to bush seeds into the ground. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To furnish with a bush, or lining; as, to bush a pivot hole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. any of several agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemurlike primates of the genus Galago with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears; -- called also galago. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Bushman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. antelope with white harnesslike markings and twisted horns.
Syn. -- guib, Tragelaphus scriptus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pred. adj. very tired from exertion.
Syn. -- all in(predicate), beat(predicate), dead(predicate), dead tired(predicate), knocked out(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. buschel, boischel, OF. boissel, bussel, boistel, F. boisseau, LL. bustellus; dim. of bustia, buxida (OF. boiste), fr. pyxida, acc. of L. pyxis box, Gr. pyxi`s. Cf. Box. ] 1. A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Winchester bushel, formerly used in England, contained 2150.42 cubic inches, being the volume of a cylinder 181/2 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A quantity that fills a bushel measure; as, a heap containing ten bushels of apples. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A large indefinite quantity. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The worthies of antiquity bought the rarest pictures with bushels of gold, without counting the weight or the number of the pieces. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The iron lining in the nave of a wheel. [ Eng. ] In the United States it is called a box. See 4th Bush. [ 1913 Webster ]