Bush
Definition of Bush
Pronunciation: b n. | 1. | A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest. | | 2. | A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs. | | 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. | | 5. | (Hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox.Bush dog | (Zool.) See Potto. |
Bush harrow | (Agric.) See under Harrow. |
| v. i. | 1. | To branch thickly in the manner of a bush. | v. t. | 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. | n. | 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. | | 2. | (Gun.) A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored. | v. t. | 1. | To furnish with a bush, or lining; as, to bush a pivot hole. |
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