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bushel

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1. bushel - Noun

2. bushel - Verb

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A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.

A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.

A quantity that fills a bushel measure; as, a heap containing ten bushels of apples.

A large indefinite quantity.

The iron lining in the nave of a wheel. [Eng.] In the United States it is called a box. See 4th Bush.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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We must never throw away a bushel of truth because it happens to contain a few grains of chaff. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

I 'd rather be handsome than homely; I 'd rather be youthful than old; If I can't have a bushel of silver I'll do with a barrel of gold. James Jeffrey Roche

A community of Jesus which seeks to hide itself has ceased to follow him. "Neither do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel, but on the stand.” ... The bushel may be the fear of men, or perhaps deliberate conformity to the world for some ulterior motive. Dietrich Bonhoeffer

A handfull of patience is worth a bushel of brains. Dutch Proverb

Don't hide your light under a bushel. American Proverb

To know a man well one must have eaten a bushel of salt with him. French Proverb

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