BUSHEL, a dry measure of capacity, containing 8 gallons or 4 pecks (from O.Fr. boissiel, cf. med. Lat. bustellus, busellus, a little box) . It has been in use for measuring corn, potatoes, etc., from a very early date, the value.varying locally and with the article measured. The "imperial bushel," legally established in Great Britain in 1826, contains 2,218.192 cu.in., or 8olb. of dis tilled water, determined at 62° F, with the barometer at 3oin. Previously, the standard bushel used was known as the "Win chester bushel," so named from the standard being kept in the town hall at Winchester; it contained 2,150.42 cu.in. This stand ard is the basis of the bushel used in the United States and Canada; but other "bushels" for use in connection with certain commodities have been legalized in different states.