bushel

bushel is a Noun

Definition:

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

[2] A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure. Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed, and not to be set on a candlestick Mark iv. 21.

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

[4] A large indefinite quantity. [Colloq.] The worthies of antiquity bought the rarest pictures with bushels of gold, without counting the weight or the number of the pieces. Dryden.

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