01 n. A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.
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A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.
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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.
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A quantity that fills a bushel measure; as, a heap containing ten bushels of apples.
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A large indefinite quantity.[Colloq.]“The worthies of antiquity bought the rarest pictures with bushels of gold, without counting the weight or the number of the pieces.” — Dryden.
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The iron lining in the nave of a wheel. [Eng.] In the United States it is called a box. See 4th Bush.[Eng.] See: Bush