Part 1494

<i>Parkman.</i>

<h1>Bushfighting</h1> <Xpage=195>

<hw>Bush"fight`ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Fighting in the bush, or from behind bushes, trees, or thickets.</def>

<h1>Bushhammer</h1> <Xpage=195>

<hw>Bush"ham`mer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Bushhammer</h1> <Xpage=195>

<hw>Bush"ham`mer</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To dress with bushhammer; <as>as, to <ex>bushhammer</ex> a block of granite</as>.</def>

<h1>Bushiness</h1> <Xpage=195>

<hw>Bush"i*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The condition or quality of being bushy.</def>

<h1>Bushing</h1> <Xpage=195>

<hw>Bush"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See 4th <er>Bush</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The operation of fitting bushes, or linings, into holes or places where wear is to be received, or friction diminished, as pivot holes, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>A bush or lining; -- sometimes called <i><?/ thimble</i>. See 4th <er>Bush</er>.</def>

<h1>Bushless</h1> <Xpage=195>

<hw>Bush"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Free from bushes; bare.</def>

<blockquote>O'er the long backs of the <b>bushless</b> downs. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bushman</h1> <Xpage=195>

<hw>Bush"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Bushmen</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[Cf. D. <ets>boschman</ets>, <ets>boschjesman</ets>. See 1st <er>Bush</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A woodsman; a settler in the bush.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>One of a race of South African nomads, living principally in the deserts, and not classified as allied in race or language to any other people.</def>

<h1>Bushment</h1> <Xpage=195>

<hw>Bush"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>busshement</ets> ambush, fr. <ets>bush</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A thicket; a cluster of bushes.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Raleigh.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An ambuscade.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. More.</i>

<h1>Bushranger</h1> <Xpage=195>

<hw>Bush"ran`ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who roams, or hides, among the bushes; especially, in Australia, an escaped criminal living in the bush.</def>

<h1>Bushwhacker</h1> <Xpage=195>

<hw>Bush"whack`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One accustomed to beat about, or travel through, bushes.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<blockquote>They were gallant <b>bushwhackers</b>, and hunters of raccoons by moonlight. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>