| bush | 1. To set bushes for; to support with bushes; as, to bush peas. 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. Origin: Bushed; . Bushing. 1. A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest. 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. 2. A shrub; especially, a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs. "To bind a bush of thorns among sweet-smelling flowers." (Gascoigne) 3. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as, bushes to support pea vines. 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. "If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 't is true that a good play needs no epilogue." (Shak) 5. The tail, or brush, of a fox. To beat about the bush, to approach anything in a round-about manner, instead of coming directly to it; a metaphor taken from hunting. <botany> Bush bean, a small bird of the genus Psaltriparus, allied to the titmouse. P. Minimus inhabits California. Origin: OE. Bosch, busch, buysch, bosk, busk; akin to D. Bosch, OHG. Busc, G. Busch, Icel. Bskr, bski, 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 i 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. <mechanics> 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. In the larger machines, such a piece is called a box, particularly in the United States. 2. A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored. Origin: D. Bus a box, akin to E. Box; or F. Boucher to plug. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| bush sickness | Anaemia of sheep and cattle due to deficiency of cobalt. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bush yaws | A form of New World cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis guyanensis in the Amazon delta; a small proportion of cases are said to metastasize to the nasal mucosa with espundia-like involvement. Synonym: bosch yaws, bush yaws, forest yaws. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bushel | 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 18 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 deg 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 deg 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. "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. In the United States it is called a box. See 4th Bush. Origin: 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. Cf. Box. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bushfighting | Fighting in the bush, or from behind bushes, trees, or thickets. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bushhammer | A hammer with a head formed of a bundle of square bars, with pyramidal points, arranged in rows, or a solid head with a face cut into a number of rows of such points; used for dressing stone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bushing | 1. The operation of fitting bushes, or linings, into holes or places where wear is to be received, or friction diminished, as pivot holes, etc. 2. <mechanics> A bush or lining; sometimes called thimble. See 4th Bush. See: 4th Bush. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bushman | Origin: Cf. D. Boschman, boschjesman. See 1st Bush. 1. A woodsman; a settler in the bush. 2. <ethnology> One of a race of South African nomads, living principally in the deserts, and not classified as allied in race or language to any other people. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bushy | 1. Thick and spreading, like a bush. "Bushy eyebrows." 2. Full of bushes; overgrowing with shrubs. "Dingle, or bushy dell, of this wild wood." (Milton) Origin: From 1st Bush. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bramble bush | <botany> The bramble, or a collection of brambles growing together. "He jumped into a bramble bush And scratched out both his eyes." (Mother Goose) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| bushmaster |
The bushmaster (Lachesis muta) is a venomous snake of the viper family. The bushmaster inhabits forested areas and adjacent clearings of South America. Adults range in length from two to 2½ metres (seven to eight feet) and some individuals may reach three metres (10 ft). The largest known adult was just under 3.65m (12'), making the bushmaster the longest venomous snake in the Western Hemisphere. ...
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| bush rat |
Rattus fuscipe, the Australian native rat, has the typical yellow rodent incisors in both upper and lower jaws. However, it is smaller and more shy than the European rat, and it lacks both the elongate muzzle and the typical rat-like tail. Mouse-like in appearance as well as behaviour, it has a long, soft fur coat, brownish above and often with a russet tinge across the back of its neck. The belly is a soft grey colour. ...
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| bush sickness |
a disease of animals due to a lack of cobalt in the soil.
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| bush tea disease |
Veno-occlusive disease of the liver due to ingestion of highly toxic alkaloids present in some herbal teas.
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| bush | hair growing in the pubic area |
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| bush | dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes |
| bush | a large wilderness area |
| bush | a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches |
| bush | provide with a bushing |
| bush | Vice President under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (1924-) |
| bush | United States electrical engineer who designed an early analogue computer and who led the scientific program of the United States during World War II (1890-1974) |
| bush | 43rd President of the United States (born in 1946) |
| bush | the executive under President Bush |
| bush | agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears |
| bush | shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States |
| bush | southern and western Australian shrub with unlobed or shallowly lobed toothed leaves and purple flowers |
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