Definition of bush

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Bush (n.) 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.

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Bushing :: Bushing (n.) A bush or lining; -- sometimes called a thimble. See 4th Bush.
Bushless :: Bushless (a.) Free from bushes; bare.
Ferrule :: Ferrule (n.) A bushing for expanding the end of a flue to fasten it tightly in the tube plate, or for partly filling up its mouth..
Frickle :: Frickle (n.) A bushel basket.
Insidiator :: Insidiator (n.) One who lies in ambush.
Ambush :: Ambush (v. i.) To lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise; to lurk..
Boshbok :: Boshbok (n.) A kind of antelope. See Bush buck.
Bushmen :: Bushmen (pl. ) of Bushma.
Shinhopple :: Shinhopple (n.) The hobblebush.
Ambush :: Ambush (v. t.) To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
Fanega :: Fanega (n.) A dry measure in Spain and Spanish America, varying from 1/ to 2/ bushels; also, a measure of land..
Boll :: Boll (n.) A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and potatoes, six bushels. A boll of meal is 140 lbs. avoirdupois. Also, a measure for salt of two bushels..
Bushelman :: Bushelman (n.) A tailor's assistant for repairing garments; -- called also busheler.
Bush :: Bush (v. i.) To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.
Bush :: Bush (n.) A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as, bushes to support pea vines..
Chaldron :: Chaldron (n.) An English dry measure, being, at London, 36 bushels heaped up, or its equivalent weight, and more than twice as much at Newcastle. Now used exclusively for coal and coke..
Flower-fence :: Flower-fence (n.) A tropical leguminous bush (Poinciana, / Caesalpinia, pulcherrima) with prickly branches, and showy yellow or red flowers; -- so named from its having been sometimes used for hedges in the West Indies..
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan..
Bush :: Bush (v. t.) 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..
Basil :: Basil (n.) The name given to several aromatic herbs of the Mint family, but chiefly to the common or sweet basil (Ocymum basilicum), and the bush basil, or lesser basil (O. minimum), the leaves of which are used in cookery. The name is also given to several kinds of mountain mint (Pycnanthemum)..
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