Category:Rush

Rush, n. Etym: [oe. rusche, rische, resche, as. risce, akin to lg. Rusk, risch, d. & g. rusch; all probably fr. L. ruscum butcher's Broom; akin to goth. raus reed, g. rohr.]

1. (bot.)

Defn: a name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants With soft, slender stems, as the species of juncus and scirpus.

Note: some species are used in bottoming chairs and plaiting mats, And the pith is used in some places for wicks to lamps and Rushlights.

2. The merest trifle; a straw. John bull's friendship is not worth a rush. Arbuthnot. Bog rush. See under bog. -- club rush, any rush of the genus scirpus. -- flowering rush. See under flowering. -- nut rush (a) any plant of the genus scleria, rushlike plants with Hard nutlike fruits. (b) a name for several species of cyperus having Tuberous roots. -- rush broom, an australian leguminous plant (viminaria denudata), Having long, slender branches. Also, the spanish broom. See under Candle. -- rush grass, any grass of the genus vilfa, grasses with wiry stems And one-flowered spikelets. -- rush toad (zoöl.), the natterjack. -- scouring rush (bot.) Same as dutch rush, under dutch. -- spike rush, any rushlike plant of the genus eleocharis, in which The flowers grow in dense spikes. -- sweet rush, a sweet-scented grass of arabia, etc. (andropogon Schoenanthus), used in oriental medical practice. -- wood rush, any plant of the genus luzula, which differs in some Technical characters from juncus.

Rush Rush, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rushed (p. pr. & vb. n. Rushing.] Etym: [oe. ruschen; cf. As. hryscan to make a noise, d. ruischen to rustle, G. rauschen, mhg. r ro rush, to rustle, lg. rusken, osw. ruska, icel. & sw. ruska to shake, dan. ruske to shake, and e. rouse.]

1. To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous Rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a Precipice. Like to an entered tide, they all rush by. Shak.

2. To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without Due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or Speculation. They. . . never think it to be a part of religion to rush into the Office of princes and ministers. Sprat.

Rush Rush, v. t.

1. To push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry Forward.

2. To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error. [college cant, u.s.]

Rush Rush, n.

1. A moving forward with rapidity and force or eagerness; a violent Motion or course; as, a rush of troops; a rush of winds; a rush of Water. A gentleman of his train spurred up his horse, and, with a violent Rush, severed him from the duke. Sir h. Wotton.

2. Great activity with pressure; as, a rush of business. [colloq.]

3. A perfect recitation. [college cant, u.s.]

4. (football) (a) a rusher; as, the center rush, whose place is in the center of The rush line; the end rush. (b) the act of running with the ball. Bunt rush (football), a Combined rush by main strength. -- rush line (football), the line composed of rushers.

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---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Rush - The papyrus (Job 8:11). (See BULRUSH.) The expression "branch and rush" in Isaiah 9:14; Isaiah 19:15 means "utterly."