Found 2 hits - Term: bush harrow, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
harrow \har"row\ ha^r"r-o, n. oe. harowe, harwe, as.
hearge; cf. d. hark rake, g. harke, icel. herfi harrow, dan.
harve, sw. harf. root16.
1. an implement of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of
timber or metal crossing each other, and set with iron or
wooden teeth. it is drawn over plowed land to level it and
break the clods, to stir the soil and make it fine, or to
cover seed when sown.
1913 webster
2. mil. an obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow
upside down, the frame being buried.
1913 webster
bush harrow, a kind of light harrow made of bushes, for
harrowing grass lands and covering seeds, or to finish the
work of a toothed harrow.
drill harrow. see under 6th drill.
under the harrow, subjected to actual torture with a
toothed instrument, or to great affliction or oppression.
1913 webster
see also:
bush harrow drill harrow drill under the harrow
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bush \bush\ b.ush, n. oe. bosch, busch, buysch, bosk, busk;
akin to d. bosch, ohg. busc, g. busch, icel. b=uskr,
b=uski, dan. busk, sw. buske, and also to ll. boscus,
buscus, pr. bosc, it. bosco, sp. pg. bosque, f. bois, of.
bos. whether the ll. or g. form is the original is uncertain;
if the ll., it is perh. from the same source as e. box a
case. cf. ambush, boscage, bouquet, box a case.
1. a thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild
forest.
1913 webster
note: this was the original sense of the word, as in the
dutch bosch, 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
bush.
1913 webster
2. a shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near
the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs.
1913 webster
to bind a bush of thorns among sweet-smelling
flowers. --gascoigne.
1913 webster
3. a shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as,
bushes to support pea vines.
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4. 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.
1913 webster
if it be true that good wine needs no bush, 't is
true that a good play needs no epilogue. --shak.
1913 webster
5. hunting the tail, or brush, of a fox.
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to beat about the bush, to approach anything in a
round-about manner, instead of coming directly to it; -- a
metaphor taken from hunting.
bush bean bot., a variety of bean which is low and
requires no support phaseolus vulgaris, variety nanus.
see bean, 1.
bush buck, or bush goat zool., a beautiful south
african antelope tragelaphus sylvaticus; -- so called
because found mainly in wooden localities. the name is
also applied to other species.
bush cat zool., the serval. see serval.
bush chat zool., a bird of the genus pratincola, of the
thrush family.
bush dog. zool. see potto.
bush hammer. see bushhammer in the vocabulary.
bush harrow agric. see under harrow.
bush hog zool., a south african wild hog
potamochoerus africanus; -- called also bush pig,
and water hog.
bush master zool., a venomous snake lachesis mutus of
guinea; -- called also surucucu.
bush pea bot., a variety of pea that needs to be bushed.
bush shrike zool., a bird of the genus thamnophilus,
and allied genera; -- called also batarg. many species
inhabit tropical america.
bush tit zool., a small bird of the genus psaltriparus,
allied to the titmouse. psaltriparus minimus inhabits
california.
1913 webster
see also:
ambush boscage bouquet box to beat about the bush bush bean
phaseolus vulgaris bean bush buck bush goat tragelaphus sylvaticus
bush cat serval bush chat pratincola bush dog
potto bush hammer bushhammer bush harrow harrow
bush hog potamochoerus africanus bush pig water hog bush master
lachesis mutus surucucu bush pea bush shrike thamnophilus
batarg bush tit psaltriparus psaltriparus minimus
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