Bush

[Du. bosch; Ger. busch; It. bosco.] A thicket; a cluster or clump of trees or shrubs; a shrub with branches; a thick shrub.-Something resembling a bush. -The sign of a tavern in England; - formerly an ivybush. It was sometimes applied to the tavern itself; as, "you will find him at the Bush."- Beau. & Fl. (Hunting.) A fox's tail. (Usually called brush.) (Mech.) [Du. bus , a box.] A circle or hollow cylinder of metal which lines the boz , or hollow of the nave of a wheel in which the axle works. - A similar circle let into other holes or orifices. Bush, v. a. To grow thick or bushy. Bush'berg, in Mi ouri , a post-office of Jefferson co. Bush-bok, n. See BoSH-BOK. Bush Creek, in Arkansas , a township of Washington Co. See BRUSH CREEK. Bush Creek, in Ohto, a township of Highland county. -A township of Scioto co. See BRUSH CREEK. Bush'el, n. [Fr. boi eau , from Celt. boe el - boes , wood, and tel , in comp. sel , hollowed.] A dry measure, containing generally 8 gallons or 4 pecks. The Winchester B. , established by 13 Will. III. c. 5 (1701), was made the standard of grain. A cylindrical ve el, 181⁄2 inches in diameter, and 8 inches deep inside, contains a B .; the capacity is 2145-42 cubic inches. The B. established by 5 and 6 Geo. IV. c. 74, is to contain 2218-192 cubic inches. This measure has been adopted in many of the U. States. In New York the heaped B. is allowed, containing 2815 cubic inches. The exceptions, as far as known, are Connecticut, where the B. holds 2198 cubic inches; Kentucky, 215026; and Indiana, Ohio, Mi i ippi. and Mi ouri, where it contains 2150-4 cubic inches. Bush'elage, n. In England, a duty payable on goods by the bushel.