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Bush \Bush\ (b[.u]sh), n. [OE. bosch, busch, buysch, bosk, busk;
akin to D. bosch, OHG. busc, G. busch, Icel. b[=u]skr,
b[=u]ski, Dan. busk, Sw. buske, and also to LL. boscus,
buscus, Pr. bosc, It. bosco, Sp. & Pg. bosque, F. bois, OF.
bos. Whether the LL. or G. form is the original is uncertain;
if the LL., it is perh. from the same source as E. box a
case. Cf. {Ambush}, {Boscage}, {Bouquet}, {Box} a case.]
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} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), the serval. See {Serval}.

{Bush chat} (Zo["o]l.), a bird of the genus {Pratincola}, of
the Thrush family.

{Bush dog}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Potto}.

{Bush hammer}. See {Bushhammer} in the Vocabulary.

{Bush harrow} (Agric.) See under {Harrow}.

{Bush hog} (Zo["o]l.), a South African wild hog
({Potamoch[oe]rus Africanus}); -- called also {bush pig},
and {water hog}.

{Bush master} (Zo["o]l.), a venomous snake ({Lachesis mutus})
of Guinea; -- called also {surucucu}.

{Bush pea} (Bot.), a variety of pea that needs to be bushed.


{Bush shrike} (Zo["o]l.), a bird of the genus {Thamnophilus},
and allied genera; -- called also {batarg}. Many species
inhabit tropical America.

{Bush tit} (Zo["o]l.), a small bird of the genus
{Psaltriparus}, allied to the titmouse. {Psaltriparus
minimus} inhabits California.

Potto \Pot"to\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A nocturnal mammal ({Perodictius potto}) of the Lemur
family, found in West Africa. It has rudimentary
forefingers. Called also {aposoro}, and {bush dog}.
(b) The kinkajou.