rare. [f. BUSHEL sb.1] To hide under a bushel. fig. (see BUSHEL sb.1 2 b.)
1650. T. Vaughan, Anima Mag. Abscond., 56. I have not Busheld my Light, nor buried my Talent in the Ground.
1653. Jenkyn, On Jude (1845), 82. Not bushel the candle of Scripture discovery.
1882. H. C. Merivale, Faucit of B., II. I. xxiv. 105. The agricole … thinks that he is wasting his days and bushelling his light out of London.
