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noun
1.
any grasslike plant of the genus Juncus, having pithy or hollow stems, found in wet or marshy places. Compare rush family.
2.
any plant of the rush family.
3.
any of various similar plants.
4.
a stem of such a plant, used for making chair bottoms, mats, baskets, etc.
5.
something of little or no value; trifle: not worth a rush.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English rusch, risch, Old English rysc, risc; cognate with Dutch, obsolete German Rusch
before 900; Middle English rusch, risch, Old English rysc, risc; cognate with Dutch, obsolete German Rusch
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rush·like, adjective
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| rush2 (rʌʃ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | any annual or perennial plant of the genus Juncus, growing in wet places and typically having grasslike cylindrical leaves and small green or brown flowers: family Juncaceae Many species are used to make baskets |
| 2. | any of various similar or related plants, such as the woodrush, scouring rush, and spike-rush |
| 3. | something valueless; a trifle; straw: not worth a rush |
| 4. | short for rush light |
| [Old English risce, rysce; related to Middle Dutch risch, Norwegian rusk, Old Slavonic rozga twig, rod] | |
| 'rushlike2 | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
rush
"plant growing in marshy ground," O.E. resc, earlier risc, from P.Gmc. *rusk- (cf. M.L.G. rusch, M.H.G. rusch, W.Fris. risk). O.Fr. rusche probably is from a Gmc. source. Used for making torches and finger rings, also strewn on floors when visitors arrived; it was attested a type of "something of no
EXPAND value" from c.1300.
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Medical Dictionary
Rush (rŭsh), Benjamin. 1745-1813.
American physician, politician, and educator. A signer of the Declaration of Independence, he promoted the humane treatment of the mentally ill.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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