*bush*

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Ambushed p. pr. & vb. n. Ambushing. ] [ OE. enbussen, enbushen, OF. embushier, embuissier, F. embûcher, embusquer, fr. LL. imboscare; in + LL. boscus, buscus, a wood; akin to G. bush, E. bush. See Ambuscade, Bush. ] 1. To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

By ambushed men behind their temple laid,
We have the king of Mexico betrayed. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To attack by ambush; to waylay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise; to lurk. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor saw the snake that ambushed for his prey. Trumbull. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One lying in ambush. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. embuschement. See Ambush, v. t. ] An ambush. [ Obs. ] 2 Chron. xiii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) The bramble, or a collection of brambles growing together. [ 1913 Webster ]

He jumped into a bramble bush
And scratched out both his eyes. Mother Goose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. fragrant rounded shrub of SW US and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine.
Syn. -- brittle bush, incienso, Encelia farinosa. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Busheled p. pr. & vb. n. Busheling. ] [ Cf. G. bosseln. ] (Tailoring) To mend or repair, as men's garments; to repair garments. [ U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A duty payable on commodities by the bushel. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A tailor's assistant for repairing garments; -- called also busheler. [ Local, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Bosket. ] A small bush. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One accustomed to bushfighting. Parkman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Fighting in the bush, or from behind bushes, trees, or thickets. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To dress with bushhammer; as, to bushhammer a block of granite. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Jap. bu military + shi knight + dō way, doctrine, principle. ] The unwritten code of moral principles regulating the actions of the Japanese knighthood, or Samurai; the chivalry of Japan. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unformulated, Bushido was and still is the animating spirit, the motor force of our country. Inazo Nitobé. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The condition or quality of being bushy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 4th Bush. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mech.) A bush or lining; -- sometimes called a thimble. See 4th Bush. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Free from bushes; bare. [ 1913 Webster ]

O'er the long backs of the bushless downs. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Bushmen [ Cf. D. boschman, boschjesman. See 1st Bush. ] 1. A woodsman; a settler in the bush. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Ethnol.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. busshement ambush, fr. bush. ] 1. A thicket; a cluster of bushes. [ Obs. ] Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An ambuscade. [ Obs. ] Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who roams, or hides, among the bushes; especially, in Australia, an escaped criminal living in the bush. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. to lie in ambush for, lie in wait for.
Syn. -- ambush, scupper, lie for, waylay, lurk, ambuscade. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. 1. to live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. to cut one's way through the woods or bush. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One accustomed to beat about, or travel through, bushes. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They were gallant bushwhackers, and hunters of raccoons by moonlight. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A guerrilla; a marauding assassin; one who pretends to be a peaceful citizen, but secretly harasses a hostile force or its sympathizers. [ U.S. ] Farrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Traveling, or working a way, through bushes; pulling by the bushes, as in hauling a boat along the bushy margin of a stream. [ U.S. ] T. Flint. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The crimes or warfare of bushwhackers. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From 1st Bush. ] 1. Thick and spreading, like a bush. “Bushy eyebrows.” Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Full of bushes; overgrowing with shrubs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dingle, or bushy dell, of this wild wood. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A shrub (Cephalanthus occidentalis) growing by the waterside; -- so called from its globular head of flowers. See Capitulum. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }See Capper, a plant, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A shrub (Covillea mexicana) found in desert regions from Colorado to California and southward through Mexico. It has yellow flowers and very resinous foliage with a strong odor of creosote. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. any of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purple or blue rays.
Syn. -- . [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ Cf. Ambush, Imbosk. ] To place or hide in a thicket; to ambush. [ Obs. ] Shelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. embusshement, OF. embuschement, F. embûchement. ] An ambush. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To ambush. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An ornamental evergreen shrub (Pieris floribunda) of the Southeastern U. S. having small white bell-shaped flowers.
Syn. -- mountain fetterbush, mountain andromeda, Pieris floribunda. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A showy evergreen shrub (Lyonia lucida) of the Southeastern U. S. with shiny leaves and angled branches and umbel-like clusters of pink to reddish flowers.
Syn. -- fetter bush, shiny lyonia, Lyonia lucida. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. An evergreen South American shrub *Streptosolen jamesonii) having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers; grown as an ornamental or houseplant.
Syn. -- marmalade bush, Streptosolen jamesonii. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A densely branched Eurasian plant (Bassia scoparia) whose foliage turns purple-red in autumn; also called burning bush.
Syn. -- summer cypress, burning bush, belvedere, Bassia scoparia, Kochia scoparia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) any of several handsome evergreen shrubs of California and Northern Mexico having downy lobed leaves and showy yellow flowers.
Syn. -- California beauty. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A plant of the genus Haplopappus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Any of various much-branched yellow-flowered shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus, growing in Western North America. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) A low bush (Viburnum lantanoides) having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. Called also shinhopple. [ 1913 Webster ]