Definition of bushel

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Bushel (n.) A large indefinite quantity.

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Bushel :: Bushel (n.) A quantity that fills a bushel measure; as, a heap containing ten bushels of apples..
Bushelman :: Bushelman (n.) A tailor's assistant for repairing garments; -- called also busheler.
Aggregate :: Aggregate (v. t.) To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels..
Contain :: Contain (v. t.) To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks..
Chetvert :: Chetvert (n.) A measure of grain equal to 0.7218 of an imperial quarter, or 5.95 Winchester bushels..
Trug :: Trug (n.) An old measure of wheat equal to two thirds of a bushel.
Modiolar :: Modiolar (a.) Shaped like a bushel measure.
Bushelage :: Bushelage (n.) A duty payable on commodities by the bushel.
Bushel :: Bushel (n.) A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts..
Bushel :: Bushel (n.) A large indefinite quantity.
Peck :: Peck (n.) The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat..
Coomb :: Coomb (n.) A dry measure of four bushels, or half a quarter..
Hectolitre :: Hectolitre (n.) A measure of liquids, containing a hundred liters; equal to a tenth of a cubic meter, nearly 26/ gallons of wine measure, or 22.0097 imperial gallons. As a dry measure, it contains ten decaliters, or about 2/ Winchester bushels..
Seam :: Seam (n.) The quantity of eight bushels of grain.
Bushel :: Bushel (n.) A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure..
Strike :: Strike (n.) A bushel; four pecks.
Half :: Half (a.) Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view..
Sack :: Sack (n.) A measure of varying capacity, according to local usage and the substance. The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels..
Firlot :: Firlot (n.) A dry measure formerly used in Scotland; the fourth part of a boll of grain or meal. The Linlithgow wheat firlot was to the imperial bushel as 998 to 1000; the barley firlot as 1456 to 1000.
Hutch :: Hutch (n.) A measure of two Winchester bushels.
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