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Srubs and bushes upon which animals browse.

The bushy tail of a fox.

shes of the family Catostomidæ, of the Mississippi valley. The red-mouthed or brown (Ictiobus bubalus), the big-mouthed or black (Bubalichthys urus), and the small-mouthed (B. altus), are among the more important species used as food. -- Buffalo fly, or Buffalo gnat (Zoöl.), a small dipterous insect of the genus Simul…

To exercise the art, or practice the business, of building.

A fresh bull of Leo's had declared how inflexible the court of Rome was in the point of abuses. Atterbury.

A large bee of the genus Bombus, sometimes called humblebee; -- so named from its sound.

The place where such a bureau is used; an office where business requiring writing is transacted.

A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradiction to a system in which the officers of government have an associated authority and responsibility; also, government conducted on this system.

Combustible. Cotgrave.

ent; powerful; as, burning zeal. Like a young hound upon a burning scent. Dryden. Burning bush (Bot.), an ornamental shrub (Euonymus atropurpureus), bearing a crimson berry.

all her ways. Hooker. There is no question but the king of Spain will reform most of the abuses. Addison.

The business of a butcher.

The business of a butcher. [Obs.]

An officer in a king's or a nobleman's household, whose principal business it is to take charge of the liquors, plate, etc.; the head servant in a large house. The butler and the baker of the king of Egypt. Gen. xl. 5. Your wine locked up, your butler strolled abroad. Pope.

place; as, A buys out B. (c) To purchase the entire stock in trade and the good will of a business. -- To buy in, to purchase stock in any fund or partnership. -- To buy on credit, to purchase, on a promise, in fact or in law, to make payment at a future day. -- To buy the refusal (of anything), to give a considerat…

y-play, by-street. It was formerly more freely used in composition than it is now; as, by-business, by-concernment, by- design, by-interest, etc.

One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey.

Work aside from regular work; subordinate or secondary business.

A forest composed of stunted trees and thorny bushes, found in areas of small rainfall in Brazil.

re ever forming cabals. Factions belong especially to free governments, and are raised by busy and turbulent spirits for selfish porposes". Crabb.