Part 1492

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; <as>as, to <ex>bury</ex> strife</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Give me a bowl of wine In this I <b>bury</b> all unkindness, Cassius. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Burying beetle</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the general name of many species of beetles, of the tribe <spn>Necrophaga</spn>; the sexton beetle; -- so called from their habit of burying small dead animals by digging away the earth beneath them. The larv\'91 feed upon decaying flesh, and are useful scavengers.</cd> -- <col>To bury the hatchet</col>, <cd>to lay aside the instruments of war, and make peace; -- a phrase used in allusion to the custom observed by the North American Indians, of burying a tomahawk when they conclude a peace.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- To intomb; inter; inhume; inurn; hide; cover; conceal; overwhelm; repress.</syn>

<h1>Burying ground, Burying place</h1> <Xpage=195>

<hw><hw>Bur"y*ing ground`</hw>, <hw>Bur"y*ing place</hw><hw>. <def>The ground or place for burying the dead; burial place.</def>

<h1>Bus</h1> <Xpage=195>

<hw>Bus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Abbreviated from omni<ets>bus</ets>.]</ety> <def>An omnibus.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Busby</h1> <Xpage=195>

<hw>Bus"by</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Busbies</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></plu>. <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A military headdress or cap, used in the British army. It is of fur, with a bag, of the same color as the facings of the regiment, hanging from the top over the right shoulder.</def>

<h1>Buscon</h1> <Xpage=195>

<hw>Bus"con</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp., a searcher, fr. <ets>buscar</ets> to search.]</ety> <def>One who searches for ores; a prospector.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<h1>Bush</h1> <Xpage=195>

<hw>Bush</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bosch</ets>, <ets>busch</ets>, <ets>buysch</ets>, <ets>bosk</ets>, <ets>busk</ets>; akin to D. <ets>bosch</ets>, OHG. <ets>busc</ets>, G. <ets>busch</ets>, Icel. <ets>b<?/skr</ets>, <ets>b<?/ski</ets>, Dan. <ets>busk</ets>, Sw. <ets>buske</ets>, and also to LL. <ets>boscus</ets>, <ets>buscus</ets>, Pr. <ets>bosc</ets>, It. <ets>bosco</ets>, Sp. & Pg. <ets>bosque</ets>, F. <ets>bois</ets>, OF. <ets>bos</ets>. Whether the LL. or G. form i<?/ the original is uncertain; if the LL., it is perh. from the same source as E. <ets>box</ets> a case. Cf. <er>Ambush</er>, <er>Boscage</er>, <er>Bouquet</er>, <er>Box</er> a case.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest.</def>

<note>&hand; This was the original sense of the word, as in the Dutch <i>bosch</i>, a wood, and was so used by Chaucer. In this sense it is extensively used in the British colonies, especially at the Cape of Good Hope, and also in Australia and Canada; as, to live or settle in the <i>bush</i>.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs.</def>

<blockquote>To bind a <b>bush</b> of thorns among sweet-smelling flowers. <i>Gascoigne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; <as>as, <ex>bushes</ex> to support pea vines</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (as sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself.</def>

<blockquote>If it be true that good wine needs no <b>bush</b>, 't is true that a good play needs no epilogue. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Hunting)</fld> <def>The tail, or brush, of a fox.</def>

<cs><col>To beat about the bush</col>, <cd>to approach anything in a round-about manner, instead of coming directly to it; -- a metaphor taken from hunting.</cd> -- <col>Bush bean</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a variety of bean which is low and requires no support (<spn>Phaseolus vulgaris</spn>, variety <spn>nanus</spn>). See <er>Bean</er>, 1.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Bush buck</col>, &or; <col>Bush goat</col></mcol> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a beautiful South African antelope (<spn>Tragelaphus sylvaticus</spn>); -- so called because found mainly in wooden localities. The name is also applied to other species.</cd> -- <col>Bush cat</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the serval. See <er>Serval</er>.</cd> -- <col>Bush chat</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a bird of the genus <spn>Pratincola</spn>, of the Thrush family.</cd> -- <col>Bush dog</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Potto</er>.</cd> -- <col>Bush hammer</col>. <cd>See <er>Bushhammer</er> in the Vocabulary.</cd> -- <col>Bush harrow</col> <fld>(Agric.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Harrow</er>.</cd> -- <col>Bush hog</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a South African wild hog (<spn>Potamoch\'d2rus Africanus</spn>); -- called also <altname>bush pig</altname>, and <altname>water hog</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Bush master</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a venomous snake (<spn>Lachesis mutus</spn>) of Guinea; -- called also <altname>surucucu</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Bush pea</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a variety of pea that needs to be bushed.</cd> -- <col>Bush shrike</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a bird of the genus <spn>Thamnophilus</spn>, and allied genera; -- called also <altname>batarg</altname>. Many species inhabit tropical America.</cd> -- <col>Bush tit</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a small bird of the genus <spn>Psaltriparus</spn>, allied to the titmouse. <spn>P. minimus</spn> inhabits California.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bush</h1> <Xpage=195>

<hw>Bush</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.</def> "The <i>bushing</i> alders."

<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Bush</h1> <Xpage=195>

<hw>Bush</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bushed</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb.n</tt>. <er>Bushing</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To set bushes for; to support with bushes; <as>as, to <ex>bush</ex> peas</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush; <as>as, to <ex>bush</ex> a piece of land; to <ex>bush</ex> seeds into the ground.</as></def>