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 Bush n.
 1. A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest.
 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.
 2. A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs.
    To bind a bush of thorns among sweet-smelling flowers.   --Gascoigne.
 3. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as, bushes to support pea vines.
 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.
    If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 't is true that a good play needs no epilogue.   --Shak.
 5. Hunting The tail, or brush, of a fox.
 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 (Potamochœrus 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.

 Har·row n.
 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.
 2. Mil. An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried.
 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.