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BUSH . (1) (A word See also:

COMMON

common to many See also:

EUROPEAN

European See also:

LANGUAGES

languages, meaning " a See also:

wood," cf. the Ger. See also:

Busch, Fr. bois, Ital. bosco, and the med. See also:

LAT

Lat. boscus), a See also:

SHRUB

shrub or See also:

GROUP

group of shrubs, especially of those See also:

PLANTS

plants whose branches grow See also:

low and thick. Collectively " the bush " is used in See also:

BRITISH

British colonies, particularly in See also:

AUSTRALASIA

Australasia and See also:

South See also:

Africa, for the See also:

TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract of See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country covered with See also:

brush-wood not yet cleared for cultivation. From the See also:

CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom of See also:

HANGING

hanging a bush as a sign outside a See also:

TAVERN

tavern comes the See also:

PROVERB (Lat. proverbium, from pro, forth, publicly, verbum, word; the Greek equivalent is irapolµia, from 7rapa, alongside, and oiµos, way, road, i.e. a wayside saying; Ger. Sprichwort)

proverb " See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

Good See also:

WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine needs no bush." (2) (From a See also:

Teutonic word meaning " a See also:

box," cf. the Ger. Rad-buchse, a See also:

wheel box, and the termination of " See also:

BLUNDERBUSS (a corruption of the Dutch dander, thunder, and the Dutch bus; cf. Ger. Biichse, a box or tube, hence a thunder-box or gun)

blunderbuss " and " See also:

ARQUEBUS (also called harquebus, hackbut, &c.)

arquebus "; the derivation from the Fr. bouche, a mouth, is not correct), a lining frequently inserted in the See also:

BEARINGS

bearings of machinery. When a See also:

shaft and the bearing in which it rotates are made of the same See also:

metal, the two surfaces are in certain cases See also:

APT

apt to " seize " and abrade each other. To prevent this, bushes of some dissimilar metal are employed; thus a shaft of mild See also:

STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel or wrought See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron may be made to run in hard See also:

CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast steel, cast iron, See also:

BRONZE

bronze or Babbitt metal. The last, having a low melting point, may be cast about the shaft for which it is to See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form a bearing.

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