at their
assigned servants could not be known from soldiers, owing to
their dress; which very much assisted the crime of
`bush-ranging.'"

<hw>Bush-scrubber</hw>, <i>n</i>. a bushman's word for a boor,
bumpkin, or slatternly person. See <i>Scrubber</i>.

1896. Modern. Up-country manservant on seeing his new
mistress:

"My word! a real lady! she's no bush-scrubber!"

<hw>Bush-telegraph</hw>, <i>n</i>. Confederates of bushrangers
who supply them with secret information of the movements of the
police.

1878. `The Australian,' vol. i. p. 507:

"The police are baffled by the false reports of the
confederates and the number and activity of the bush
telegraphs."

1893. Kenneth Mackay, `Out Back,' p. 74:

"A hint dropped in this town set the bush telegraphs riding in
all directions."

<hw>Bushwoman</hw>, <i>n</i>. See quotation.

1892. `The Australasian,' April 9, p. 707, col. 1:

"But who has championed the cause of the woman of the bush--
or, would it be more correct to say bushwoman, as well as
bushman?--and allowed her also a claim to participate in the
founding of a nation?"

<hw>Bush-wren</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Wren</i>.

1888. W. L. Buller, `Birds of New Zealand,' vol. i. p. 108:

[A full description.]

<hw>Bushed</hw>, <i>adj., quasi past participle</i>,
lost in the bush; then, lost or at a loss.

1661. T. McCombie, `Australian Sketches,' p. 115:

"I left my seat to reach a shelter, which was so many miles
off, that I narrowly escaped being `bushed.'"

1865. W. Howitt, `Discovery in Australia,' vol. i. p. 283:

"The poor youth, new to the wilds, had, in the expressive
phrase of the colonials, got bushed, that is, utterly
bewildered, and thus lost all idea of the direction that he
ought to pursue."

1885. R. M. Praed, `Australian Life,' p. 29:

"I get quite bushed in these streets."

1896. `The Argus,' Jan. 1, p. 4, col. 9:

"The Ministry did not assume its duty of leading the House, and
Mr. Higgins graphically described the position of affairs by
stating that the House was `bushed;' while Mr. Shiels compared
the situation to a rudderless ship drifting hither and
thither."

<hw>Bustard</hw>, <i>n</i>. "There are about twenty species,
mostly of Africa, several of India, one of Australia, and three
properly European." (`Century.') The Australian variety is
<i>Eupodotis australis</i>, Gray, called also <i>Wild
Turkey</i>, <i>Native Turkey</i>, and <i>Plain Turkey</i>. See