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To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan.

One who lies down; one who rests or remains, as in concealment. There were liers in a ambush against him. Josh. viii. 14.

A word; reason; speech. H. Bushell.

To cut partly off and bend down; as, to lop bushes in a hedge.

us Conepatus, allied to the skunk, but larger, and having a longer snout. The tail is not bushy.

Shaped like a bushel measure.

rose-colored or white flowers. The foliage is poisonous. Called also American laurel, ivy bush, and calico bush. See Kalmia. -- Mountain leather (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling leather in its texture. -- Mountain licorice (Bot.), a plant of the genus Trifolium (T. Alpinum). -- Mountain limestone (Geol.), a…

l West American galago (Galago murinus). In color and size it resembles a mouse. It has a bushy tail like that of a squirrel. -- Mouse hawk. (Zoöl.) (a) A hawk that devours mice. (b) The hawk owl; -- called also mouse owl. -- Mouse lemur (Zoöl.), any one of several species of very small lemurs of the genus Chirogaleu…

One who holds or maintains the doctrine of naturalism in religion. H. Bushnell.

or laws, to the exclusion of the supernatural. Infected by this naturalizing tendency. H. Bushnell.

ion, like niter, in Peru and Chili, whence it is known also as Chili saltpeter. -- Niter bush (Bot.), a genus (Nitraria) of thorny shrubs bearing edible berries, and growing in the saline plains of Asia and Northern Africa.

Having power, or tending, to originate, or bring into existence; originating. H. Bushnell. -- O*rig"i*na*tive*ly, adv.

The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat. "A peck of provender." Shak.

ur gum, or common tupelo. See Tupelo. [Written also piperidge and pipperidge.] Pepperidge bush (Bot.), the barberry.

One placed on watch, or in ambush.

Lost to view; in concealment or ambush; close. He should lie perdue who is to walk the round. Fuller.

largest species, the full grown male being about two and a half feet long. It has a large bushy tail.

A low, bushy, nearly leafless herb (Hypericum Sarothra), common in sandy soil in the Eastern United States.

, or separate portions, arranged on each side of a common petiole, as the leaves of a rosebush, a hickory, or an ash. See Abruptly pinnate, and Illust., under Abruptly.

A bush, or young tree; a sapling; hence, a stick or staff. "A plant of stubborn oak." Dryden.