bushel.
(Perhaps thear.)Hisp.(do*? amaní, from one-eighth).
1. m. capacity for dry measure, which has 4 quarts and is equivalent in Castile to 4,625 l approximately.
2. m. portion of grain, seeds, or other such thing which fills exactly the extent of the bushel.
3. m. surface ancient extent in Castile amounted to 5372 m approximately, which was the area of land that was considered necessary to plant a bushel of wheat.
