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rush

RUSH, n. [Heb. usually rendered sea-weed, and applied to the Arabic gulf, Deut. 1:1 Numbers 21:14. This correspondence deserves notice, as illustrating certain passages in the Scriptures.]

1. A plant of the genus Juncus of many species. The pith of the rush is used in some places for wicks to lamps and rush lights.

2. Any thing proverbially worthless or of trivial value.

John Bull's friendship is not worth a rush.

RUSH, v.i.

1. To move or drive forward with impetuosity, violence and tumultuous rapidity; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice; winds rush through the forest. We ought never to rush into company, much less into a religious assembly.

2. To enter with undue eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush into business or speculation; to rush into the ministry.

RUSH, v.t. To push forward with violence. [Not used.]

RUSH, n. A driving forward with eagerness and haste; a violent motion or course; as a rush of troops; a rush of winds.



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RUSH, n. [Heb. usually rendered sea-weed, and applied to the Arabic gulf, Deut. 1:1 Numbers 21:14. This correspondence deserves notice, as illustrating certain passages in the Scriptures.]

1. A plant of the genus Juncus of many species. The pith of the rush is used in some places for wicks to lamps and rush lights.

2. Any thing proverbially worthless or of trivial value.

John Bull's friendship is not worth a rush.

RUSH, v.i.

1. To move or drive forward with impetuosity, violence and tumultuous rapidity; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice; winds rush through the forest. We ought never to rush into company, much less into a religious assembly.

2. To enter with undue eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush into business or speculation; to rush into the ministry.

RUSH, v.t. To push forward with violence. [Not used.]

RUSH, n. A driving forward with eagerness and haste; a violent motion or course; as a rush of troops; a rush of winds.


RUSH, n.1 [Sax. rics or risc; probably L. ruscus. The Swedish corresponding word is såf, the Hebrew סוף, usually rendered sea-weed, and applied to the Arabic gulf. Deut. i. 1. Numb. xxi. 14. This correspondence deserves notice, as illustrating certain passages in the Scriptures.]

  1. A plant of the genus Juncus, of many species. The pith of the rush is used in some places for wicks to lamps and rush-lights. Encyc. The term rush is however applied to plants of various other genera beside Juncos, and by no means to all of the genus Juncus.
  2. Any thing proverbially worthless or of trivial value. John Bull's friendship is not worth a rush. Arbuthnot.

RUSH, n.2

A driving forward with eagerness and haste; a violent motion or course; as, a rush of troops; a rush of winds.


RUSH, v.i. [Sax. reosan, hreosan, or ræsan; Sw. rusa; G. rauschen; D. ruischen; Gr. ῥοθεω. The G. has also brausen, the Dutch bruisschen, to rush or roar; Dan. brusen, to rush. The Welsh has brysiaw and crysiaw, to hurry, to hasten; both from rhys, a rushing; rhysiaw, to rush. We have rustle and brustle probably from the same source. The Welsh brysiaw seems to be the English press. See Class Rd, No. 5, 9, &c.]

  1. To move or drive forward with impetuosity, violence and tumultuous rapidity; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice; winds rush through the forest. We ought never to rush into company, much less into a religious assembly.
  2. To enter with undue eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush into business or speculation; to rush into the ministry. Sprat.

RUSH, v.t.

To push forward with violence. [Not used.]


Rush
  1. A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.

    * 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. 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.

  3. To push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry forward.
  4. 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.

  5. 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 Spanish. -- Rush candle, 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 schœnanthus), used in Oriental medical practice. -- Wood rush, any plant of the genus Luzula, which differs in some technical characters from Juncus.

  6. 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.

  7. To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.

    [College Cant, U.S.]
  8. Great activity with pressure; as, a rush of business.

    [Colloq.]
  9. A perfect recitation.

    [College Cant, U.S.]
  10. A rusher; as, the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line; the end rush.

    (b)
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Rush

RUSH, noun [Heb. usually rendered sea-weed, and applied to the Arabic gulf, Deuteronomy 1:1 Numbers 21:14. This correspondence deserves notice, as illustrating certain passages in the Scriptures.]

1. A plant of the genus Juncus of many species. The pith of the rush is used in some places for wicks to lamps and rush lights.

2. Any thing proverbially worthless or of trivial value.

John Bull's friendship is not worth a rush

RUSH, verb intransitive

1. To move or drive forward with impetuosity, violence and tumultuous rapidity; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice; winds rush through the forest. We ought never to rush into company, much less into a religious assembly.

2. To enter with undue eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush into business or speculation; to rush into the ministry.

RUSH, verb transitive To push forward with violence. [Not used.]

RUSH, noun A driving forward with eagerness and haste; a violent motion or course; as a rush of troops; a rush of winds.

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