Definition of bush

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Bush (n.) 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..

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Bushing :: Bushing (n.) A bush or lining; -- sometimes called a thimble. See 4th Bush.
Saltbush :: Saltbush (n.) An Australian plant (Atriplex nummularia) of the Goosefoot family.
Pinnated :: Pinnated (a.) Consisting of several leaflets, or separate portions, arranged on each side of a common petiole, as the leaves of a rosebush, a hickory, or an ash. See Abruptly pinnate, and Illust., under Abruptly..
Water Measure :: Water measure () A measure formerly used for articles brought by water, as coals, oysters, etc. The water-measure bushel was three gallons larger than the Winchester bushel..
Ambushed :: Ambushed (imp. & p. p.) of Ambus.
Decoy :: Decoy (v. t.) To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net..
Flag :: Flag (n.) The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter..
Bushing :: Bushing (n.) The operation of fitting bushes, or linings, into holes or places where wear is to be received, or friction diminished, as pivot holes, etc..
Ambuscade :: Ambuscade (v. t.) A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush..
Pocan :: Pocan (n.) The poke (Phytolacca decandra); -- called also pocan bush.
Currant :: Currant (n.) A shrub or bush of several species of the genus Ribes (a genus also including the gooseberry); esp., the Ribes rubrum..
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan..
Ambuscade :: Ambuscade (v. i.) To lie in ambush.
Embushment :: Embushment (n.) An ambush.
Bushet :: Bushet (n.) A small bush.
Assart :: Assart (n.) A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing..
Peck :: Peck (n.) The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat..
Spicewood :: Spicewood (n.) An American shrub (Lindera Benzoin), the bark of which has a spicy taste and odor; -- called also Benjamin, wild allspice, and fever bush..
Dumal :: Dumal (a.) Pertaining to, or set with, briers or bushes; brambly..
Chokecherry :: Chokecherry (n.) The astringent fruit of a species of wild cherry (Prunus Virginiana); also, the bush or tree which bears such fruit..
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