Look up: Bushel

1. Bushel
   Ancient Measurement Terms: Volume. A dry measure of 8 gallons, or 4 pecks.
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2. bushel
   [n] - a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 pecks 2. [n] - a United States dry measure equal to 4 pecks or 2152.42 cubic inches 3. [n] - a basket large enough to hold a bushel
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3. Bushel
   An old volume measure of cereals. One bushel of wheat weighed approximately 63 lbs, barley 56lbs, .and oats 42lbs.
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4. Bushel
   A dry or liquid measure equal to eight gallons. Note that there are a number of variations on the conversion in the US.Conversions1 bushel=0.03524 m³1 bushel=0.3048 barrels1 bushel=8 gallons (dry)1 bushel=4 pecks1 bushel=2150 in³1 bushel=1192 oz (liquid)ttle='bushel';xiunt='m
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5. Bushel
   Bush'el noun [ Middle English buschel , boischel , Old French boissel , bussel , boistel , French boisseau , Late Latin bustellus ; dim. of bustia , buxida (OF. boiste ), from
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6. Bushel
   Bush'el transitive verb & i. [ imperfect & past participle Busheled , present participle & verbal noun Busheling .] [ Confer German bosseln .] (Tailoring) To mend or repair, as men's garments; to repair garments. [ U. S.]
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7. bushel
   1. A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts. ... The Winchester bushel, formerly used in England, contained 2150.42 cubic inches, being the volume of a cylinder 18 inches in internal diameter and eight inches in depth. The standard bushel measures, prepared by the Un...
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8. Bushel
   • (n.) A quantity that fills a bushel measure; as, a heap containing ten bushels of apples. • (n.) A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure. • (n.) A large indefinite quantity. • (n.) The iron lining in the nave of a wheel. [Eng.] In the United St...
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9. bushel
   unit of capacity in the British Imperial and the United States Customary systems of measurement. In the British system the units of liquid and dry ... [3 related articles]
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10. bushel
    bushel: see English units of measurement.
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11. Bushel
    The bushel is a unit of capacity measurement equivalent to 4 pecks, 8 gallons or 3.637 dekalitres. It is also used as a measure of weight for apples, equivalent to about 40 lbs. Henry VIII ordered that a bushel should hold eight gallons of wheat in 1520. A bushel of barley was 47 lbs, of oats 38 lbs and of wheat 60 lbs.
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12. bushel
    Dry or liquid measure equal to eight gallons or four pecks (36.37 l/2,219.36 cu in) in the UK; some US states have different standards according to the goods measured
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13. Bushel
    A unit of dry volume, roughly 4 pecks (2150.42 cubic inches) or 35.239 liters.
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14. Bushel
    A basket containing between three and eight dozen hard crabs, depending on their size. Usually a bushel of giant 7-inch males consists of about 30 crabs. A bushel of small 5-inch males consists of about 80 crabs.
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15. Bushel
    A unit of measure, roughly 1.25 cubic feet. Most commercial watermen sell their crabs "by the bushel" in wooden (or plastic) baskets. See also Basket.
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16. Bushel
    A `bushel` is an imperial and U.S. customary unit of dry volume, equivalent in each of these systems to 4 pecks or 8 gallons. It is used for volumes of dry commodities (not liquids), most often in title=Oxford English Dictionary|location=Oxford, England|date=1989|edition=Second|cha...
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