Bushing ppl. a.

[f. BUSH v.¹ + -ING².] Growing or spreading like a bush.

1608.  Tourneur, Rev. Traj., V. iii. That bushing-staring star.

1688.  R. Holme, Armoury, II. 89/2. Fine leaves, bushing and spreading over the ground.

1725.  Pope, Odyss., IX. 164. The bushing alders form’d a shady scene.