1) Agricultural measure 2) Dry measure 3) Dry or liquid measure 4) Eight dry gallons 5) Four pecks 6) French word used in English 7) Great deal 8) Orchard measure 9) Orchard unit 10) Unit equal to 4 pecks 11) Unit of volume 12) United states dry unit 13) Wheat unit
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1) Fourpecks 2) Load 3) Multitude 4) Reheel 5) Repoint 6) Resole
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A bushel is an imperial and US 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 agriculture. It is abbreviated as bsh. or bu. In modern usage, the dry volume is usually only nominal, with bushels referring to standard weights instead. =...
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• (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 States it is called a box. See 4th Bush. • (n.)...
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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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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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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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A unit of dry volume, roughly 4 pecks (2150.42 cubic inches) or 35.239 liters.
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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 United States Government and distributed to the Stat...
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Unit of measure equal to 8 gallons or 32-quart capacity. Often used to measure quantity of clams, oysters or crabs.
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A dry volume measure of varying weight for grain, fruit, etc., equal to four pecks or eight gallons
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Bush'el noun [ Middle English
buschel ,
boischel , Old French
boissel ,
bussel ,
boistel , French
boisseau , Late Latin
bustellus ; dim. of
bustia ,
buxida (OF.
boiste ), from
pyxida , acc. of Latin
pyxis box, Gr...
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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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A dry measure commonly used as a measure of crops. In the United States a bushel equals 4 pecks, or 2150.42 cubic inches. In the United States , the bushel is the common measure of wheat and some other crops. A bushel of apples is 42 pounds.
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Ancient Measurement Terms: Volume. A dry measure of 8 gallons, or 4 pecks.
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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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[
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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a measurement of capacity or size
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An old volume measure of cereals. One bushel of wheat weighed approximately 63 lbs, barley 56lbs, .and oats 42lbs.
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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 m
31 bushel=0.3048 barrels1 bushel=8 gallons (dry)1 bushel=4 pecks1 bushel=2150 in
31 bushel=1192 oz (liquid)ttle='bushel';xiunt='m
3';yiunt='bushel';mconv=0.03524;cconv=0.0...
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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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A unit of dry volume typically used to quantify crop yields. One bushel is equivalent to 32 quarts or 2,150.42 cubic inches. A bushel is often used to represent the weight of a particular crop; for example, one bushel of No. 2 yellow shelled corn at 15.5% moisture content weighs 56 lb.
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a unit of dry measure containing 4 pecks, equivalent in the U.S. (and formerly in England) to 2150.42 cubic inches or 35.24 litersand in Great Britain to 2219.36 cubic inches or 36.38 litersAbbr.: bu., bush. · a container of this capacity. · a unit of weight equal to the weight of a bushel of a given commodity. · a large, unspecif...
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