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The bush hog. See under Bush, a thicket.

See Bushman.

Woody or bushy; covered with boscage or thickets. Milton.

Same as Bush, a lining.

An axle box, journal box, journal bearing, or bushing.

berry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub. The thorny brambles, and embracing bushes. Shak.

Srubs and bushes upon which animals browse.

The bushy tail of a fox.

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.

A small bush; also, a sprig or bouquet. [Obs.] Spenser.

See Bosky, and 1st Bush, n. Shak.

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

A plant of the genus Capparis; -- called also caper bush, caper tree.

A bush of hair; frizzing of the hair. Clarke.

-- To let the cat out of the bag, to tell a secret, carelessly or willfully. [Colloq.] -- Bush cat, the serval. See Serval.

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 exlusively for coal and coke.

leather, usually open at the back, worn, esp. by cowboys, to protect the legs from thorny bushes, as in the chaparral; -- called also chapareras or colloq. chaps. [Sp. Amer.]

name is given to several birds of the family Saxicolidæ, as the stonechat, and whinchat. Bush chat. (Zoöl.) See under Bush.

A measure of grain equal to 0.7218 of an imperial quarter, or 5.95 Winchester bushels. [Russia]

The astringent fruit of a species of wild cherry (Prunus Virginiana); also, the bush or tree which bears such fruit.