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B U R
N. bt. ~nd the latlcr, thirty miks nonh or L inealn,
in 30° 'V. long . •nd 53° ~o· N. J...
BU~T ON is airo lhe n3n1C of a market-town in Wefl–
,"oreland, about thirty m"ile. fOllth-wen of Appleby:
W . kmg, :0 35', N. Ion. 54° lO'.
BURTON, in Ihe (ea-hngu1gC', a fmall tackle confining
of t \\lO ringle IJlocks, and may be m:tde fan aay whcrc
~t plcarure. for hoilling fmall rhings in and out; and
will purchare more than a fingle tadle with t WO
hlock• .
RURY, in geogr:lphy, a mHket-tQwn of Lanc3rhire, a–
bo~t 30 milcs f~uth of LancaCler: 1\'. long. , .
20, N . la.. 53 36.
l3uRv SI EOMUNDS, or St ED"'UNO'S OVRY, lhe
county-town of Suffoll.:, abaut twelve miles eall of
Ncwmarkct, and fe\'enty nonh-eaCt. of Landan: E.
long . 45', N . laL 5'2° 20'.
Bl'R y is airo a tcrm fomctimcs ufcd for the hale or den
{le fome animal uoder ground, more uruíollly called
bnrrow.
Thus \Ve ray, .h. bury of . mole, rabbit, &e.
BUSH, a !erm ufed for fever.1 fhrubs of the fame kind
growing clore together: thu, we (ay. a furze·bunl,
brarilble·bufh. &,.
Bt" H is fometÍmc.:s ured, in a more general (enfe. for
aoy alTembl..ge of thick braoches interwoveo aod mix·
ed tOgeth<r.
BlIrn;'1g·)3us H, that bufh wherein the Lord appeared to
MoCes at the foot of monnt Horeb. as he wa, feeding
Lis f"'lher·io·law's Roch.
As to the perCon lhat appeared in the bu(h. the text
fa y" .. Tha. lhe angel of lhe L ord .ppe.red uoto
him in a ftame of 6re, out of the middle of the buO, :u
bm whuher it was a created aogel. fpeakiog in the
penan of God, or God himfelf. or (as the mnCl re–
«ived opinion is 1 ChriCl the Son of Gad, ha, bceo
roatter of fome controverfy among tbe JearneJ. Thofe
who fuppofe it no more lhao an angel. feem to imply
tha! it wO\lld be • diminu.ion of the m.jefiy of God,
tO arpear upon every occaJion. er~cially when he ha!
f )eh a oumber of ccldlial miniflers, who may do the
bur.nef. as well . Rut coofidering tha< Cad i. prefen!
cverv where, the nOli6cju ioo of his pre(eoce by fome
out\vard fign io one determinate place, (which is aU
we mei'.o by his appeari\nce). is io our conception leC,
Ilthorious (if any thing laborious c"uld be cnnceived
('f Goe:!' than a delegation of angels upon every turo
{rom h~2.ven, :lnd feeOls in the main to illuftr"te ra·
t!1er lhan dt:bafi, the glory of his n3ture and exift..!'nce.
Rut however lhis be, it is pl:,¡in that .he angel here
fpr'Jken of wa5 no created being, {rom .he whole con·
' ex', and efpeci:lly from his faying, .. 1 anllhe Lord
G od, the } :hoVJh," (:}c. fioce this is nOl lhe I...n·
p,uage ot anfels, who art ;always J.:nown to exprcCs
them(üves in rueh humblc terms as there, ce [ am (ent
from G od ¡ 1 am thy ;" &e. It i. a
vain pretence to Cay. thar an angel, as Cod', ambaf·
(..dor, may {peak in God's name and perCol!; for what
ambalfador of any prince ever yet Caid, ce 1 om 1he
t íog?" Sjocc therefore no aDgel. without tbe: lluilt
B U S
of bl.fph"my. <ollld offume thcCe titlcs ; .n¿ fince ne;–
ther Gud rhe }o""ather, nor the Holy Chol}, "re eVH
caJled hy the oame of rtngel, i. .e. a mefrtn~~r, or ptr .
fon Ceot. \I.·herea~ God rhe Son is cotlle,' by the pro.
phel M:t1achi. (chap. iii. 1-'. el The angcJ o" lhe co.
ven~nt ;U it hence fcems to fullow, lhu this angel CJC
lhe L 'lrd wa5 God the 8()o, who might very properly
be called ao angel. becl ufc in the fulnef! of time h!
was fenl into rhe world in our fle!h, as a melTenger
fro01 G od, a.{)d might [hercfore make tb:Ce hls tem·
porary apparitions, preftlgcs and forcrunncrs, as it
wcre, of his more folernn miffion.
The Mahometans bf'lieve; tha[ one of Mof~'s f'hOC!!,
rm off by him as he drew near the burniog bu!h. was
plaeed in the ark or [he coveoant. in order to prc(tlve
the memory of this mir~c1e.
BUSHEL, • me.fure of c.pacity for dry things, ..
grain, fru its, dry pulfe, be conc¡ining four r ecks,
or eight calloos, or one·eighth of a qUlner.
A blllhel, by ('2 Hcnry VII. c. S. is tO contain
rigor gollon. of whe>t ¡ tite gallon eight p~unds of
troy. weight; the ounee twency flerling!:, and the Iler·
Jíng thirty·two graios, or coros of wheat growiog in
the midl! of the ear.
At París, the bu!hd is divided into two half bun,·
ds i the half bu(hel ioto two quarts; [he qUi\rt ioto
!\vo half quaus; the half quart ioto tWO Iitrons! aoei
the litron into t\Vo half litrons. By a fencence of ,he
provoO: of the merchanu of Paris, the bu(hel is to be
eight ¡ocbes t\Vo lines aod a half high, and teo ¡oches
in diameter; rhe quan four ¡nche!! nine lines high ,
and fix loches nioe lioes wirle ; the half quart four
¡nehes three lioes high. and tlve ¡nches ei¡ameter ~ lhe
litron three ioches and a half hi~h, and three ¡orhes
ten lioes in diameter. Three bufhels make a minot ;
fix, a mine ; C\velve, a feptier; and ao huodrcd and
forry-four, a muido In other pans of F",nce the
bu(heJ varies.
Oan are meafUTed in a double proponion to other
graios, fo that lweoty.four buthels of oalS make a
f~ptier, and 288 a muid o The buf'hei of Oflots is di–
vided ioto four picotins, th: picotÍn into t\VO haJf
quaru, or four litrons. F or Cah, fout bu(hels make
one Ol¡not, aod fix a fepl ier ¡ for coals, eight bu(heJ,
make one minot, {ixteen a mine,' and 320 a muid;
for lime, three bufh..els make a ruiDOt. and fony·eigh[
minon a muido
BUSKI N. a kind of fhoe, fomewhat in m.nner of a
boat, and adapted lO eithe:r foot, and WOfO by either
fex.
This P' " of dref., cOI'ering bo.h the foot and mid–
Ic~, was ticd uoderneath the knee; it was very rich
.od fine, and principany ured on the Clage by .(lon in
tragedy. lt \Vas of a quadraoguli\r form , and the {ole
w:ts fo thick.- as thar, by means thereof, Oleo of the
ordinuy fialure might he raiCed 10 {he pitch and ele–
vatioo of the heroc::s they perConated. The colour
was ~eocr:tlly purple on the n"ge: hereio il was di·
flinguifhe:d froO) {he fack, wom in comedy, that he..
ing only a low common Oloe. Tbe bulkin f..m. tO
bne