Bushel

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1. Noun

A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.

2. Noun

A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.

3. Noun

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

4. Noun

A large indefinite quantity.

5. Noun

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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