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    Harrow \Har"row\ (h[a^]r"r[-o]), n. [OE. harowe, harwe, AS.
    hearge; cf. D. hark rake, G. harke, Icel. herfi harrow, Dan.
    harve, Sw. harf. [root]16.]
    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.


    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.

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