Bushel

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Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.

2. (n.) A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.

3. (n.) A quantity that fills a bushel measure; as, a heap containing ten bushels of apples.

4. (n.) A large indefinite quantity.

5. (n.) 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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