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Bushel
(gcide) | Bushel \Bush"el\ (b[.u]sh"[e^]l), n. [OE. buschel, boischel, OF.
boissel, bussel, boistel, F. boisseau, LL. bustellus; dim. of
bustia, buxida (OF. boiste), fr. pyxida, acc. of L. pyxis
box, Gr. pyxi`s. Cf. Box.]
1. A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or
thirty-two quarts.
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Note: The Winchester bushel, formerly used in England,
contained 2150.42 cubic inches, being the volume of a
cylinder 181/2 inches in internal diameter and eight
inches in depth. The standard bushel measures, prepared
by the United States Government and distributed to the
States, hold each 77.6274 pounds of distilled water, at
39.8[deg] Fahr. and 30 inches atmospheric pressure,
being the equivalent of the Winchester bushel. The
imperial bushel now in use in England is larger than
the Winchester bushel, containing 2218.2 cubic inches,
or 80 pounds of water at 62[deg] Fahr.
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2. A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a
bushel measure.
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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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3. A quantity that fills a bushel measure; as, a heap
containing ten bushels of apples.
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Note: In the United States a large number of articles, bought
and sold by the bushel, are measured by weighing, the
number of pounds that make a bushel being determined by
State law or by local custom. For some articles, as
apples, potatoes, etc., heaped measure is required in
measuring a bushel.
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4. A large indefinite quantity. [Colloq.]
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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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5. The iron lining in the nave of a wheel. [Eng.] In the
United States it is called a box. See 4th Bush.
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Bushel
(gcide) | Bushel \Bush"el\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Busheled, p. pr. &
vb. n. Busheling.] [Cf. G. bosseln.] (Tailoring)
To mend or repair, as men's garments; to repair garments. [U.
S.]
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bushel
(wn) | bushel
n 1: a United States dry measure equal to 4 pecks or 2152.42
cubic inches
2: a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to
4 pecks
v 1: restore by replacing a part or putting together what is
torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes
please" [syn: repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor,
furbish up, restore, touch on] [ant: break, bust] |
BUSHEL
(bouvier) | BUSHEL, measure. The Winchester bushel, established by the 13 W. III. c. 5,
A. D. 1701, was made the standard of grain; a cylindrical vessel, eighteen
and a half inches in diameter, and eight inches deep inside, contains a
bushel; the capacity is 2145.42 cubic inches. By law or usage it is
established in most of the United States. The exceptions, as far as known,
are Connecticut, where the bushel holds 2198 cubic inches Kentucky, 2150
2/3; Indiana, Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri, where it contains 2150.4 cubic
inches. Dane's Ab. c. 211, a. 12, s. 4. See the whole subject discussed in
report of the Secretary of State of the United States to the Senate, Feb.
22, 1821.
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grinning like a bushel basketful of possum heads
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Bushel
(gcide) | Bushel \Bush"el\ (b[.u]sh"[e^]l), n. [OE. buschel, boischel, OF.
boissel, bussel, boistel, F. boisseau, LL. bustellus; dim. of
bustia, buxida (OF. boiste), fr. pyxida, acc. of L. pyxis
box, Gr. pyxi`s. Cf. Box.]
1. A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or
thirty-two quarts.
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Note: The Winchester bushel, formerly used in England,
contained 2150.42 cubic inches, being the volume of a
cylinder 181/2 inches in internal diameter and eight
inches in depth. The standard bushel measures, prepared
by the United States Government and distributed to the
States, hold each 77.6274 pounds of distilled water, at
39.8[deg] Fahr. and 30 inches atmospheric pressure,
being the equivalent of the Winchester bushel. The
imperial bushel now in use in England is larger than
the Winchester bushel, containing 2218.2 cubic inches,
or 80 pounds of water at 62[deg] Fahr.
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2. A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a
bushel measure.
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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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3. A quantity that fills a bushel measure; as, a heap
containing ten bushels of apples.
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Note: In the United States a large number of articles, bought
and sold by the bushel, are measured by weighing, the
number of pounds that make a bushel being determined by
State law or by local custom. For some articles, as
apples, potatoes, etc., heaped measure is required in
measuring a bushel.
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4. A large indefinite quantity. [Colloq.]
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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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5. The iron lining in the nave of a wheel. [Eng.] In the
United States it is called a box. See 4th Bush.
[1913 Webster]Bushel \Bush"el\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Busheled, p. pr. &
vb. n. Busheling.] [Cf. G. bosseln.] (Tailoring)
To mend or repair, as men's garments; to repair garments. [U.
S.]
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Bushelage
(gcide) | Bushelage \Bush"el*age\, n.
A duty payable on commodities by the bushel. [Eng.]
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Busheled
(gcide) | Bushel \Bush"el\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Busheled, p. pr. &
vb. n. Busheling.] [Cf. G. bosseln.] (Tailoring)
To mend or repair, as men's garments; to repair garments. [U.
S.]
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busheler
(gcide) | Bushelman \Bush"el*man\, n.
A tailor's assistant for repairing garments; -- called also
busheler. [Local, U.S.]
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Busheling
(gcide) | Bushel \Bush"el\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Busheled, p. pr. &
vb. n. Busheling.] [Cf. G. bosseln.] (Tailoring)
To mend or repair, as men's garments; to repair garments. [U.
S.]
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Bushelman
(gcide) | Bushelman \Bush"el*man\, n.
A tailor's assistant for repairing garments; -- called also
busheler. [Local, U.S.]
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Imperial bushel
(gcide) | Imperial \Im*pe"ri*al\, a. [OE. emperial, OF. emperial, F.
imp['e]rial, fr. L. imperialis, fr. imperium command,
sovereignty, empire. See Empire.]
1. Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an
imperial government; imperial authority or edict.
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The last
That wore the imperial diadem of Rome. --Shak.
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2. Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one
who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme. "The imperial
democracy of Athens." --Mitford.
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Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns
With an imperial voice. --Shak.
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To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts, and worthy thee. --Dryden.
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He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line
of battle. --E. Everett.
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3. Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial
paper; imperial tea, etc.
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Imperial bushel, gallon, etc. See Bushel, Gallon,
etc.
Imperial chamber, the, the sovereign court of the old
German empire.
Imperial city, under the first German empire, a city having
no head but the emperor.
Imperial diet, an assembly of all the states of the German
empire.
Imperial drill. (Manuf.) See under 8th Drill.
Imperial eagle. (Zool.) See Eagle.
Imperial green. See Paris green, under Green.
Imperial guard, the royal guard instituted by Napoleon I.
Imperial weights and measures, the standards legalized by
the British Parliament.
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bushel basket
(wn) | bushel basket
n 1: a basket large enough to hold a bushel |
BUSHEL
(bouvier) | BUSHEL, measure. The Winchester bushel, established by the 13 W. III. c. 5,
A. D. 1701, was made the standard of grain; a cylindrical vessel, eighteen
and a half inches in diameter, and eight inches deep inside, contains a
bushel; the capacity is 2145.42 cubic inches. By law or usage it is
established in most of the United States. The exceptions, as far as known,
are Connecticut, where the bushel holds 2198 cubic inches Kentucky, 2150
2/3; Indiana, Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri, where it contains 2150.4 cubic
inches. Dane's Ab. c. 211, a. 12, s. 4. See the whole subject discussed in
report of the Secretary of State of the United States to the Senate, Feb.
22, 1821.
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