To prune down so that a shrubby form shall be preserved.
To reduce (a person) to poverty by winning his whole stock: a word used at play.
An obsolete form of scrub.
noun.
A drink or cordial prepared from the juice of fruit and various other ingredients.
noun.
A cordial or syrup consisting of the acid juice of some fruit, as the raspberry, cooked with sugar and vinegar, and diluted with water when used.
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A woody plant with stems branched from or near the ground, and, in general, smaller than a tree; a bush, or woody vine.
noun.
Synonyms Bush, Herb, etc. See vegetable, n.
To clear land of small growth by cutting it off at the ground.