Bushel

·noun A large indefinite quantity.

II. Bushel ·noun A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.

III. Bushel ·noun A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.

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

V. Bushel ·add. ·vt & ·vi To mend or repair, as men's garments; to repair garments.

VI. Bushel ·noun The iron lining in the nave of a wheel. [Eng.] In the United States it is called a box. ·see 4th Bush.