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noun

Bushing n.

The operation of fitting bushes, or linings, into holes or places where wear is to be received, or friction diminished, as pivot holes, etc.

(Mech.) A bush or lining; sometimes called a thimble. See 4th Bush.

verb

Bush v. t. (past & past part. bushed; pres. part. bushing)

To set bushes for; to support with bushes; as, to bush peas.

To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush; as, to bush a piece of land; to bush seeds into the ground.

Bush v. t. To furnish with a bush, or lining; as, to bush a pivot hole.

Bush v. i. To branch thickly in the manner of a bush. "The bushing alders."

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Etymology of 'Bushing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bushing" Quotes from Famous Books

... the 10th of October (some say on the 7th) appeared a blazing star in the north, bushing towards the east, which was nightly seen diminishing of his brightness until the 21st of the same month."—Stow's Annales, under the year 1580 ...

— The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) • Christopher Marlowe