And he sayde unto them: is the candle lighted, to be put under a busshell, or under the borde: ys it not therfore lighted that it shulde be put on a candelsticke?.
A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons (36.4 L), or thirty-two quarts
The quarter, bushel, and peck are nearly universal measures of corn.
Category: Units of measure A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts
In Canada and other Commonwealth countries, a bushel is a measure of grain, potatoes or other such foodstuffs equal to 8 imperial gallons or 36 4 litres Put another way, a bushel equals 60 pounds of potatoes The bushel was replaced by the hundredweightas the commonly accepted unit of measurement in agriculture (see hundredweight)
To measure other people's corn by one's own bushel To make oneself the standard of right and wrong; to appraise everything as it accords or disagrees with one's own habits of thought and preconceived opinions; to be extremely bigoted and self-opiniated Under a bushel Secretly; in order to hide it Do men light a candle and put it under a bushel?- Matt v 15
A quantity that fills a bushel measure; as, a heap containing ten bushels of apples
A unit of volume measure used as dry measure of grains and produce A bushel of wheat or soybeans weighs 60 pounds, a bushel of corn or milo weighs 56 pounds, and a bushel of sunflowers weighs 25 pounds
a basket large enough to hold a bushel a United States dry measure equal to 4 pecks or 2152