Part 1495

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A guerrilla; a marauding assassin; one who pretends to be a peaceful citizen, but secretly harasses a hostile force or its sympathizers.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<i>Farrow.</i>

<h1>Bushwhacking</h1> <Xpage=195>

<hw>Bush"whack`ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Traveling, or working a way, through bushes; pulling by the bushes, as in hauling a boat along the bushy margin of a stream.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<i>T. Flint.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The crimes or warfare of bushwhackers.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<h1>Bushy</h1> <Xpage=195>

<hw>Bush"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From 1st <er>Bush</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Thick and spreading, like a bush.</def> "<i>Bushy</i> eyebrows."

<i>Irving.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Full of bushes; overgrowing with shrubs.</def>

<blockquote>Dingle, or <b>bushy</b> dell, of this wild wood. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Busily</h1> <Xpage=195>

<hw>Bus"i*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a busy manner.</def>

<h1>Business</h1> <Xpage=195>

<hw>Busi"ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Businesses</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[From <er>Busy</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or shorter time; constant employment; regular occupation; <as>as, the <ex>business</ex> of life; <ex>business</ex> before pleasure.</as></def>

<blockquote>Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's <b>business</b>? <i>Luke ii. 49.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any particular occupation or employment engaged in for livelihood or gain, as agriculture, trade, art, or a profession.</def> "The <i>business</i> of instruction."

<i>Prescott.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Financial dealings; buying and selling; traffic in general; mercantile transactions.</def>

<blockquote>It seldom happens that men of a studious turn acquire any degree of reputation for their knowledge of <b>business</b>. <i>Bp. Popteus.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>That which one has to do or should do; special service, duty, or mission.</def>

<blockquote>The daughter of the King of France, On serious <b>business</b>, craving quick despatch, Importunes personal conference. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>What <b>business</b> has the tortoise among the clouds? <i>L'Estrange.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Affair; concern; matter; -- used in an indefinite sense, and modified by the connected words.</def>

<blockquote>It was a gentle <b>business</b>, and becoming The action of good women. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Bestow Your needful counsel to our <b>business</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Drama)</fld> <def>The position, distribution, and order of persons and properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by the stage manager in rehearsal.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>Care; anxiety; diligence.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>