Bush"el*age (&?;), n. A duty payable on commodities by the bushel. [Eng.]

Bush"el*man (&?;), n. A tailor's assistant for repairing garments; -- called also busheler. [Local, U.S.]

Bush"et (&?;), n. [See Bosket.] A small bush.

Bush"fight`er (&?;), n. One accustomed to bushfighting. Parkman.

Bush"fight`ing (&?;), n. Fighting in the bush, or from behind bushes, trees, or thickets.

Bush"ham`mer (&?;), n. A hammer with a head formed of a bundle of square bars, with pyramidal points, arranged in rows, or a solid head with a face cut into a number of rows of such points; -- used for dressing stone.

Bush"ham`mer, v. t. To dress with bushhammer; as, to bushhammer a block of granite.

Bush"i*ness (&?;), n. The condition or quality of being bushy.

Bush"ing, n. [See 4th Bush.] 1. The operation of fitting bushes, or linings, into holes or places where wear is to be received, or friction diminished, as pivot holes, etc.

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