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rushn.1 Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with West Frisian risk (also resk , rask ), Middle Dutch risch (Dutch regional resch ), Middle Low German risch , risk , (rare) rische , rysse , (probably with vowel rounding) rüsch (German regional (chiefly Low German) risch , rische , risk , riske ), and (apparently with different ablaut grade) West Frisian rusk (also rosk ), Old Dutch (only in place names) rusge- , rusk- , ruske- , etc. (Dutch †rusch subsequently from the late 16th cent.; now rus ; also Dutch regional rosch ), Middle Low German rusch , (rare) rosch (German regional (Low German) rusk , also (with additional suffixation) rüsschen , rüske , rüsken ), Middle High German rusch , rusche (German Rusch ), Norwegian regional rusk (the latter in sense ‘rough grass’), and also (from a variant of the same base with suffix causing i-mutation) Faroese ryski wood-rush, rough grass, Norwegian regional ryskje rough grass; further etymology uncertain: perhaps < the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit rajju rope, cord, classical Latin restis rope, cord, Old Church Slavonic rozga branch, Lithuanian regzti to weave, knit, Latvian režǵis lattice, grid (the semantic connection with this base being explained by the widespread use of the plant for making ropes, baskets, hurdles, etc.). Compare also Old French rusche , Middle French rousche , rouche rush, reed, sedge (1303; French regional (western) rouche , rouce , rousse ), a borrowing from Germanic (probably from Frankish), which may have influenced some of the forms in Middle English, and post-classical Latin roscus , ruscus , rusca (from 1243 in British sources; < Middle English). It is unclear how far the wide variation in stem vowel shown by the different form types, both in English and in the cognate Germanic languages, reflects ablaut variation in Germanic, or more recent secondary developments arising from the phonological effects of /r/ and /ʃ/ on adjacent vowels; it is likely that some of the apparent parallels between English and the cognate languages represent independent developments of the latter type. Nevertheless, at least two ablaut variants of the Germanic base (an e -grade and an irregularly or analogically formed zero-grade with stem vowel u ) seem to be implied by the evidence of the cognates, the former representing the etymon of probably all of the attested Old English forms, and the latter of all of the Scandinavian and High German forms; in the other continental Germanic languages forms reflecting both bases are attested. The apparent complete absence of forms in English with stem vowel u until the Middle English period is noteworthy (see further below). The suggestion (found in some older historical dictionaries of Germanic languages) that the Germanic word is an early adoption, with complete change of meaning, of classical Latin rūscum , rūscus butcher's broom (see ruscus n.) is to be discounted.In Old English usually a strong feminine (risc ); however, a weak feminine by-form (risce ) is also attested. Weak plural forms in -en survive regionally (chiefly in the south-west of England); compare also the English regional (south-western) plural form rexens showing a morphological double plural. Forms with medial -x- show metathesis. The stem vowel in Old English is usually i , although there are occasional attestations (chiefly late) of forms with y , and one isolated attestation of a form with e (see quot. OE at sense 1aβ. ). The variation between i and e in Old English (as in the cognate languages) may be explained by the presence or absence of i or j in the suffix in Proto-Germanic, although some Middle English and later β. forms may simply show the lowering influence of r . There is no evidence of the existence of γ. forms in Old English, unless the occasional forms with stem vowel y (see α. forms) be taken as showing i-mutated forms of an original u . However, almost all of these forms are late, and (if not simply inverted spellings with y for i in areas where Old English had been unrounded) are at least as likely to show rounding (or perhaps laxing) of i after r (compare A. Campbell Old Eng. Gram. (1959) §318, R. M. Hogg Gram. Old Eng. (1992) I. §§5.170–2); the only early example is the following, which may show an isolated early instance of the same phenomenon (compare J. D. Pheifer Old Eng. Glosses in Épinal-Erfurt Gloss. (1974) Introd. §62):eOE Erfurt Gloss. (1974) 28 Iungetum, rycthyfil [eOE Épinal Gloss. riscthyfil].The geographical provenance of the different Middle English vowel types does not show the expected pattern of distribution of reflexes of Old English short y (and hence provides little support for the existence of an i-mutated form); in fact, the pattern of forms is very mixed, and suggests rather the existence of competing forms; compare: ▸ 1440 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 435 Rysche, or rusche [?a1475 Winch. Rysch or rosch], cirpus, junctus.The origin of the γ. forms is in some degree problematic; if the existence of an unattested Old English form with stem vowel u is to be discounted, then these forms are probably to be explained as showing retraction of y (the result of late rounding of i in Old English) to u in the environment of /ʃ/ (see R. Jordan Handb. der mittelenglischen Grammatik (ed. 2, 1934) §43.2); it is also possible that at least some the γ. forms may represent a reborrowing from one or more of the cognate Germanic languages, perhaps further influenced by Middle French. The δ. and ε. forms probably represent secondary developments (lowering of the stem vowel), respectively from the γ. and β. forms (with the ε. forms compare γ. forms at nesh adj., n., and adv.). The word is a common place-name element. It is attested early in place names, as Rissewrth , Norfolk (c1060; now Rushford), Rischale , Staffordshire (1086; now Rushall), Rislepe , Middlesex (1086; now Ruislip), Risctun , Somerset (first half of the 12th cent. in a copy of a charter of 854; now Rushton), Ryscebroc , Suffolk (13th cent. in a copy of a charter of c950; now Rushbrooke), etc. Earlier currency of the γ. forms is perhaps implied by the place name Rusitone, Cheshire (1086; now Rushton). 1. the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > rush and related plants society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > rush > single stalk of α. eOE (1890) 71/1 Iuncus, risc. eOE tr. Bede (Tanner) iii. xvii. 230 In þæm cleofum..wære upyrnende grownes hreodes & rixa. OE Ælfric (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxv. 234 Spyrte bið..of rixum gebroden oððe of palmtwygum. OE Ælfric (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxv. 234 Rixe weaxst gewunelice on wæterigum stowum. lOE Bounds (Sawyer 960) in J. M. Kemble (1846) IV. 27 Of bæccæ funtan on ða riscæan; of ðære riscean on sagelmære on ðæt hæccgeat. a1325 (c1250) (1968) l. 2595 Bi ðat time was moyses boren... Ðre moneð haueð ghe him hid... In an fetles of rigesses wrogt..Ðis child wunden ghe wulde don. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add.) f. 219v Segge..growiþ in maris place and neisshe..and is acounted among kyndes of risshes. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer (Hunterian) (1891) l. 1701 The stalke was as rish [Fr. jons] right And theron stode the knoppe vpright. a1450 MS Bodl. 779 in (1889) 82 335 (MED) Vppon a bed of risschen..his body he gan reste. a1450 (?a1300) (Caius) (1810) l. 6038 Kyng Richard garte al the Ynglys Schere rysches [v.rr. rysshys, rixen, rysse] in the marys. 1484 (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1484 §26. m. 18 The seid diers..uppon the lystes of the same clothes festene and sowe greate risshes called bull risshes. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in (1557) 43/1 The Quene..satte alone alowe on the rishes all desolate. 1562 W. Turner (1568) ii. 104 It hath leues lyke succory and stalkes lyke rysshes. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny II. xix. ii. 7 The Greekes in old time emploied their rishes in drawing of ropes. 1606 E. Scott sig. L2v This tree..wee set in a frame beeing made of Ratanes or Carricke rishes, somewhat like a birds Cage. 1782 (ed. 9) Gloss. Rex or rather Rix, a Rush; Rixen, Rushes. 1828 W. Carr (ed. 2) Rish, rush. 1831 S. Lover 182 I..was peepin' out iv a turf o' rishes. 1897 S. Baring-Gould (ed. 2) vi. 60 I mind when her (he) gi'ed me as much rishes (rushes) cut by hisself as iver I wanted. 2000 C. Barber 16/1 Rixen, rushes. the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > ring > [noun] > rush-ring > rush c1449 R. Pecock (1860) 166 (MED) If a marchant or eny other man haue..nede forto bithenke upon a certeine erand, it is weel allowid..that he make a ring of a rische and putte it on his fynger. 1546 J. Heywood i. iii. sig. Aiv I hoppyng without, for a ryng of a rushe. 1589 R. Greene sig. K4v Twas a good worlde..when a ring of a rush woulde tye as much Loue together as a Gimmon of golde. a1598 D. Fergusson (1641) sig. B2v Better na ring nor the ring of a rashe. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. ii. 22 As fit..as Tibs rush for Toms fore-finger. View more context for this quotation a1700 Trip & goe Hey in 245 The ring of the rash of the gowan In the cool of the night Came my ladie home. the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > welcome > symbol of a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville (Vitell.) 14673 (MED) Placys ful off old ordure, I kan strowhe with Rosshys grene, That ther ys no ffelthe sene. 1546 J. Heywood ii. iii. sig. Gii Grene rushes for this stranger, strewe here. a1625 J. Fletcher Valentinian ii. v, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher (1647) sig. Bbbbbbb/2 Rushes, Ladyes, rushes, Rushes as greene as Summer for this stranger. 1653 N. Hookes Miscellanea Poetica in 145 Charon, rig thy boat If worth thy labour, with fresh rushes strow't. 1738 J. Swift 7 If we had known of your Coming, we would have strown Rushes for you. 1787 R. Jephson iv. ii. 59 Each sauntering varlet, worthless of the honour To strew her paths with rushes. 1830 I. D'Israeli III. xvii. 369 To strew rushes..and to hang fresh garlands in the church were offices pleasing to the maidens. 1874 113 It was a mark of respect to strew fresh rushes for an invited guest. 1903 3 288 Floors were sanded, or strewn with rushes, and the test of a house was not ‘Were the carpets well shaken?’ but, ‘Were the rushes often changed?’ 1986 S. Penman (1991) (U.K. ed.) i. x. 147 The great hall of Aymer's ancient castle had been swept clean, strewn with fresh rushes and sweet-smelling herbs, hung with embroidered wall hangings of red, green and gold. the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > made from animal fat > made from rushes dipped in fat a1475 (a1450) (Harl.) (1930) l. 201 (MED) All þe wyues of Totenham come to se þat syȝt, With wyspes and kexis and ryschys þer lyȝt, To fech hom þer husbandes. 1499 (Pynson) sig. oviv/2 Synke of a lawmpe holdinge the risshe, mergulus. a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker (1884) I. 722/2 Secula, a rysch. 1574 J. Baret R 405 The rushe, weeke, or match, that mainteyneth the light in the lampe. 1639 J. Clarke sig. A4 I say, my purpose is not (good Reader) herein to wrong thee so farre, nor famous Erasmus..as to light thee, with my rush (or candle of thirty to the pound) after his so bright a torch. 1775 G. White Let. 1 Nov. in (1789) 198 A good rush, which measured in length two feet four inches and an half, being minuted, burnt only three minutes short of an hour. 1840 T. Hood 189 Without the glimmer of a farthing rush! 1884 Feb. 79/2 A long tallowed rush, which preserved an economical flame. 1903 J. Addison xi. 186 I was often awaked in the dead of the night by the unexpected light of a rush burning by his bedside. 1958 T. H. White iv. xi. 643 The light gets bad, Agnes. Do you think we could have the rushes? 2005 J. Dickinson 145 They passed down high-ceilinged corridors that were lit with rushes, even though it was bright day outside. e. As a mass noun. 1535 Isa. xix. B Rede and rush shal fayle,..and what so euer is sowen by the waters, shalbe wythered. 1655 Bp. J. Richardson 11 Calling it the sea of weeds, or sedge,..of flag, or rush, tange, rack or reet, in Latin, alga,..which reddish weeds in abundance grew in it. 1847 C. Brontë III. ii. 64 It showed no variation but of tint: green, where rush and moss overgrew the marshes. 1892 J. Mather 129 Tuftlets brown Of rush and bracken. 1919 J. Masefield (1920) 283 The swamp, all choked with bright green grass And clumps of rush. 1996 A. Evans iv. 34 It is a place of special charm where grass, reed and rush mingle their delicate hues. society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > rush 1606 G. Chapman ii. i. sig. C3v They seeme to come, Loded with Rush, and Broome. 1694 W. Burnaby tr. Petronius (new ed.) 122 With Rush and Reed, is thatcht the Hut it self. 1728 E. Chambers at Shuttle A little Tube of Paper, Rush, or other Matter. 1820 C. R. Maturin I. ii. 52 The crazy chairs, their torn bottoms of rush drooping inwards. 1868 Sept. 287/2 Take..a white rose and secure, with rush and string, a circle of blue Gentiana acaulis around it. 1907 14 Dec. 772/2 The body should be wrapped in rush, or bast, or grass, or hemp, and placed in a cage. 1975 H. Oka 195/1 The leaf-wrapped confections generally known as chimaki..are commonly tied with strong cords of sedge or rush. 2008 (Nexis) 11 Apr. b5 These tiled ceilings offer a variety of repeating patterns to cover expansive overhead spaces in stamped tin, woven rush, and a host of other materials and patterns. 2. With distinguishing word. the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > unidentified or variously identified plants > [noun] ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 178v (MED) Papirus [glossed Bulrish] is knowen fri. & sic. restrictif. 1587 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnius xvi. 96 Of this big Paper Rush they vsed in the old time to make boates, punts, lighters, and other engins of carriage. 1598 J. Florio Squinanth, cammels meate, or sweet rush, which is very medicinable. 1677 R. Plot 145 Bearing at the top a little club, as in the other club-rushes. 1760 J. Lee 315/1 Rush, Round black-headed, Marsh or Bog, Schœnus. 1854 Apr. 454/2 The Scaly Rush, Or Deer's Grass (scirpus caespitosus), is the badge or cognizance of the clan McKenzie. 1889 S. K. Bolton 270 Our own immense coal fields show a former tropical climate, with their great tree-ferns and tree-rushes. a1933 J. A. Thomson (1934) II. 1247 The little club-rush (which like the cotton-grass belongs to the sedge family) is frequently very abundant. 2004 Summer 53/3 The bog rush (Juncus ‘Occidental Blue’) and the zebra rush (Scirpus tabernaemontani ‘Zebrinus’) add wonderful color to the shoreline. the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > rush and related plants 1562 W. Turner f. 144v Sparta..is a kind of sea bente or sea rishe. 1597 J. Gerard i. xxiii. 31 Iuncus acutus, or the sharpe Rush, is likewise common and well knowne. 1670 J. Ray 178 Juncus acutus Cambro-britannicus Park. Mosse-rush, Goose-corn. It is common in the mountainous, moorish, and boggy places, as on the Moor-lands in Stafford-shire [etc.]. 1753 Suppl. at Juncus The species of rush, enumerated by Mr. Tournefort, are these: The sharp or pointed Rush... The smooth or soft Rush [etc.]. 1796 W. Withering (ed. 3) II. 345 Trifid Rush... Round-headed Rush... Soft Rush. Common Rush [etc.]. 1855 A. Pratt V. 296 Clustered Alpine Rush, or Black-spiked Rush. 1864 M. Plues (ed. 2) 292 The Sharp-flowered Jointed Rush (J. acutiflórus), has joints in the stem, and grows in woody places. 1961 W. Martin (ed. 4) 141 The Alpine Rush..occurs abundantly in alpine swamps from Taranaki southwards. 1996 135 Soft Rush. A rather fine, native species for wet ground, pond margins and the like. 3. the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > horse-tail and allies > parts of 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens i. lxviii. 100 The stemmes do..bringe foorth rounde about euery knot or ioynte, diuers little, small, slender, and knottie russhes [Fr. ioncs; Du. biesekens]. the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > horse-tail and allies 1804 W. Clark Jrnl. 19 June in (1986) II. 308 This lake is large and is a place of great resort for Deer and fowls of everry Kind the bottom low & covered with rushes. 1817 J. Bradbury 15 On the islands which we passed there is abundance of Equisetum hyemale, called by the settlers rushes. 1854 28 Mar. 1/5 I have known cattle to keep in good order all winter on rushes. 1902 10 16 In these thickets I found many of our common ferns..and the rushes, Equisetum arvense and E. hiemale. Phrases1340 (1866) 253 Þet byeþ ylich þan þet..zekþ þet uel ine þe aye oþer þane knotte ine þe resse [c1450 Bk. Vices & Virtues rissche]. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart II. lviii. 198 They..were redy for waggyng of a rysshe to make debate and stryfe. 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in 289 It hangeth on a rush that M. Hes. concludeth. 1611 Isa. ix. 14 The Lord will cut off from Israel head and taile, branch and rush in one day. View more context for this quotation 1629 H. Burton 103 They are all head and taile, branch and rush, one intire Papall faction. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor iii. §14 The Lawyer being captious made a scruple in a smooth rush, asking what is meant by Neighbour. 1685 J. Durham sig. A3v His Will was (to say so) straight as a rush, without any the least sinful crook. 1838 (1st Sess., 13th Parl.) 7 6052/1 I have seen the cap of liberty hanging on a rush,..and I have never turned away in despair. 1889 ‘R. Boldrewood’ xiii She was always as straight as a rush. 1905 Aug. 328 She was very tall, and slim as a rush. 1984 S. Heaney 92 The tall man in step at my side seemed blind, though he walked straight as a rush. 1998 (Nexis) 2 Apr. 2 Owen Colgan, tall and straight as a rush despite his 85 years, waited with his fork to load the barrow. the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > worthless c1350 in (1951) 2 45 (MED) Al my Rout ryot nys nout wor a ruch. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) iv. 2853 (MED) I sette slep noght at a risshe. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 21441 O ranscun namar þan a ress [rhyme flesche; Gött. rish], Wald he of her. c1400 (a1376) W. Langland (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. iii. 131 To be cursid in constorie heo countiþ not a risshe [v.rr. Russche, resche; B. russhe; v.rr. reische; bene]. a1450 in R. L. Greene (1935) 271 (MED) Boy, thou art not worght a reych! a1500 (a1450) (Trin. Cambr.) 1680 (MED) Of al his payne he wold not sett a rissh. 1543 R. Grafton Contin. in f. xciv He should then bee hable to matche with theim well inough, and not to care a rushe for theim. a1568 R. Ascham (1570) i. f. 15 To be able to raise taulke, and make discourse of euerie rishe. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe 423 It forceth not of a rush what you do there. 1584 R. Scot vi. iii. 117 Night-walking sprites,..esteeme them not twoo rushes. 1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger ii. sig. F I weigh thee not a rush. 1630 G. Hakewill (ed. 2) iv. i. 296 They esteme not worth a rush any of our actions or manners. 1658 J. Bramhall ix. 194 Whose unjust Iudgement we doe not value a rush. 1713 J. Swift 9 Mar. (1948) II. 635 People will grumble, but Ld Tr cares not a rush. 1760 L. Sterne I. xvi. 94 He did not mind it a rush. 1785 G. Cartwright 11 When night comes on, it matters not a rush, Whether you sleep in this, or t'other bush. 1848 J. Grant xxiv He would not value his ducats..a rush. 1858 A. Lincoln in W. H. Herndon (1892) II. 116 Not one of them is worth a rush if you deny it. 1883 F. M. Crawford vii Claudius did not care a rush whether the night were beautiful or otherwise. 1901 S. Baring-Gould ii. 15 What were they to him but a set of ignorant clodhoppers whose opinion he did not value at a rush. 1919 H. Trench ii. iii. 53 Not one map here of the English shore is worth a rush. 1936 J. Buchan i. ii. 22 Peter John..didn't care a rush for the public-school spirit. 2008 M. Cox ii. xi. 180 It matters not a rush, sir. the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible c1380 (1879) 124 (MED) Ne douteþ he kyng ne Emperour þe value of a ryssche. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) v. 4694 Only the value of a reysshe Of good in helpinge of an other. ?c1450 (1891) 6077 Noȝt harmed þe valu of a resch. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe iii. f. 473 I speake not this to the end, that I would haue godly Prelates dispossessed from their dignitie, or would wish their authoritie empayred the value of a rush. 1658 J. Bramhall 62 To say that a man may deliberate of a thing that is not possible, if he know not of the impossibility, will not advantage his cause the value of a rush. 1560 T. Churchyard sig. Di/1 Then Wylkyn gan at once vp brayde, and sware by godes dyne harte A rushe for bookes. 1563 J. Foxe 1367/2 Tushe, a rushe for holy bread. c1610 S. Rowlands (Hunterian Club) 38 A figge for the whole world. A rush for thee. 1632 J. Vicars tr. Virgil xi. 335 Brave sirs, our main work done,..A rush for what remains. a1681 J. Lacy (1698) ii. 12 Marg. Marry come up Jack a Lent, without my Leave? Pet. A Rush for your Leave. 1738 Nov. 595/1 But a rush for a lady's devotion, you'll say. 1821 W. Combe xxxiv. 5 The peaceful conscience is the boon That keeps the jarring mind in tune: O 'tis the heart's so cheering guest, Which had—a rush for all the rest. 1830 T. Flint I. iv. 91 ‘Omnis ager est ver,’ cried Julius. ‘I should delight to follow.’ ‘A rush for Latin,’ responded Frederic, ‘In plain English, the time, the country, the river, the girls, every thing is delightful.’ Compounds C1. OE Bounds (Sawyer 618) in S. E. Kelly (2001) 280 Of ðam broce ongean stream, þæt on þæt riscbed, of ðam riscbedde þæt on ðone weg. OE Bounds (Sawyer 795) in D. Hooke (1994) 174 Ðanon adune andlang streames oð riscbroc scyt on Nymed. a1200 ( Bounds (Sawyer 645) in W. de G. Birch (1893) III. 189 Fram gryndeles sylle, to russemere, fram ryssemere, to bælgenham. c1200 ( Bounds (Sawyer 79) in W. de G. Birch (1885) I. 183 Of þam streame on ryschealas middewearde on þene blacan broc. 1439 in (1838) V. 13 (MED) I wil..that my Wyf shal haue..x acre of resshefen and redfen at Bregge. 1483 (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 309 A Rysche hylle, cirpetum. 1575 G. Gascoigne lix. 164 As soone as she [sc. a hare] heard the sounde of an horne, she..woulde streyght wayes goe swymme in some poole, and abyde in the middest thereof vpon some rushbed. 1736 R. Ainsworth A rush bed, juncetum. 1821 J. Clare I. 58 The rush-tuft gone that hid the skylark's nest. 1821 J. Clare I. 105 Swamps of wild rush-beds. 1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Eclogues iii, in tr. Virgil I. 15 You skulked Behind the rush-plats. 1867 F. Francis iv. 85 Reed or rush beds,..all favourite holds. 1878 H. M. Stanley I. xvi. 425 River-like marshes or broad rush-drains, choked with spear-grass. 1886 14 Aug. 36 Rush-land letting at four pounds an acre. 1932 R. Rodd xiv. 239 A serpent, symbolic of healing..swam ashore and disappeared among the rush beds. 1997 J. Wilson (1998) 116/3 Dark areas of dappled water beneath overhanging willows or alders.., beside fallen and part-sunken trees, reed lines, rush beds, piled banking, old boathouses and lily beds. b. With the sense ‘made of rushes’. 1716 viii. 48 In haste behind Rush Bags of Meal, Others their Bodies do conceal. 1838 J. C. Loudon II. lxxv. 1207 Olive oil is made by crushing the fruit to a paste, then pressing it through a hempen or rush bag, adding hot water, and afterwards skimming off the oil from its surface. 1979 A. McCaffrey iv. 92 Piemur's empty clothes had been neatly piled on his boots at the foot of the rush bag. 2002 (Nexis) 27 Feb. 32 She, in turn, clearly responded to the young Frenchman by giving him a rush bag. 1609 P. Erondelle tr. M. Lescarbot xv. 101 (margin) Rush-baskets. 1749 C. Carter (ed. 3) 46 When the curd is come, take it up tenderly..with a skimming dish, and put it into rush baskets, made purposely for it. 1886 T. Hardy I. i. 2 A rush basket, from which protruded at one end the crutch of a hay-knife. 1942 C. Barrett vii. 152 There were rush-baskets full of mysterious munger; bricks of sugar, bubbly discs of native bread, and piles of vegetables. 1993 S. Benítez iii. 22 Artemisa and cedar bundles are bunched in a rush basket. 1419 in H. T. Riley (1868) 676 (MED) [It is granted that the] risshbotes [at the Flete and elsewhere in London shall be taken into the hands of the Camberlain]. 1464 in R. R. Sharpe (1912) L. 47 (MED) That the owners of all the Risshe Botes that..shall resorte to this Citee shal have utterance and sale of theire Risshes in the places hereafter folowing. 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas (new ed.) ii. iii. 60 At length she layes it forth, in Rush-boate weaves it. 1773 M. Browne (ed. 3) 65 Never more shall mirth and mixt delight With dalliance free my easy hours deceive..Or drive my rush-boat with my slender oar, The hooks to bait, to spread the tangling net. 1840 33 i. 164 On my return to the camp, I went on the lake in a little rush boat, curiously propelled through the water by a native leaning against a chattee. 1904 Feb. 510/2 How long will it be before the water-birds will be building little rush cradles for their young or rush boats driven about the ponds and lakes by means of leaf sails? 2001 vi. 168/1 Rush boats are also found in South America, with the Uru and Aymara canoes of Lake Titicaca being the most well known. 1791 R. Sadler I. iii. 220 He would lead..the little hero to the heath, and augment his stature with a rush cap. 1842 Oct. The rush-cap on his head nodding like a mandarin's. 1901 F. E. Skinner tr. P. Rosegger iii. 284 Old Rüpel glides through the dark forest and, tearing his rush cap from his head, cries: ‘May Jesus Christ be praised, Who on the cross was raised!’ 1813 J. Campbell Jrnl. 26 Feb. in (1816) v. 45 In this rush house, wet as they were by the rain, they sat in the dark, singing hymns for about an hour. 1918 G. M. Allen in 61 476 The original town of wooden palaces and rush houses, has been largely rebuilt, since the introduction of brick and stone, about 1870. 2004 C. Guth ii. 70 All views are outdoors, most showing individuals or small groups before their rush houses. 1797 XI. 638/1 A parcel of miserable rush huts. 1839 W. H. Leigh 141 We had no bed but a bundle of rags, in a frail rush hut, which admitted the rain most copiously. 1907 J. Blacket xx. 370 A rush hut was soon erected, and this did duty as a printing office till the site of the city was fixed. 1998 V. D. Morris tr. S. Sōshitsu iii. ix. 164 Teika's poem sets the brilliance of cherry blossoms and maple leaves against the quiet solitude of a rush hut by the shore. 1646 J. Gregory ix. 44 Slept upon the ground, in the open aire, lying upon stones covered over with a rush mat, and cleane Carpets. 1726 J. Swift II. iv. x. 146 The Sides and Floors..I..covered with Rush matts of my own contriving. 1869 H. F. Tozer I. 337 Rooms..furnished..with the usual rush mats. 1951 237/1 Good rush mats are useful for a veranda or loggia. 2005 C. Mann i. ii. 40 Tisquantum's childhood wetu (home) was formed from arched poles lashed together into a dome that was covered in winter by tightly woven rush mats and in summer by thin sheets of chestnut bark. 1769 40 (margin) Rush Matting. 1877 E. Peacock Buffet, a hassock. The difference between a Bass and a Buffet seems to consist in the former being covered with rush matting, and the latter with carpet. 1942 E. Waugh ii. 108 The floor was covered in coarse rush matting and in places by bright Balkan rugs. 1994 J. Galloway viii. 127 Both feet on the rush matting, the hem of her nightie tugging away from the topsheet. 1804 W. Tarras 1 We see..Him near the burn..Dammin the gush, to gar his rash-mill rin. 1847 28 Aug. 129/2 Two younger children, somewhat farther down, have made a side channel for a portion of the stream, and are busy erecting thereon their mimic rush-mill. 1394–5 in (1871) 4 86 [For 2 bunches of] Russherope, [2d]. 1532 Churchwardens' Accts. Wigtoft in J. Nichols (1797) 203 Payd for rosherop, [2d]. a1714 E. Freke (2001) 161 I made an end of new reeding my little barne..for which I paide Gibs the reader..and..Mr Parker of Lin for rush rope for them, 3 grose and a halff. 1889 M. R. Vincent II. 84 The schoene was an Egyptian measure of length, marked by a rush-rope. 1922 J. Joyce ii. xv. [Circe] 488 Woman, undoing with sweet pudor her belt of rushrope, offers her allmoist yoni to man's lingam. 2000 A. Fox 15 These were thatched with rushes cut from the riverside and secured by a network of twisted rush ropes, pegged down with sharp forked wooden pegs. 1797 ‘Margery’ 83 They observed a poor old man sitting by the road side, making rush seats for chairs. 1896 156 Ebonised Rush-Seat Chair—£0 4 9 Ebonised Chair, Rush Seat £0 6 3. 1971 18 Feb. 366/3 The square drop-in rush seat was originally upholstered. 1996 Christmas Issue 7/2 Simple classic styling works anywhere, and this chair is no exception. In rustic green with a natural rush seat. 1687 J. Norris 46 If tears in rush-work may decipher'd be. 1715 R. Thoresby 476 A Barbadoes Rush-Basket, very prettily woven by the Indian Women..the Caul at the Bottome is of Thread or Cotten close and thick woven without any of the Rush Work. 1830 T. Flint I. i. 14 Screens of beautifully painted rush work were sometimes used to exclude the inclemency of some of the winter days. 1934 E. Bowen 190 She had discovered that Miss Weekes morris-danced, that she did rush-work. 2009 (Nexis) 7 Jan. Naomh Padraig Handcrafts, in Strokestown, specialises in rushwork and offers St. Brigid crosses, baskets for tableware, shopping willow creels and walking sticks. 1684 J. Dryden Epil. Univ. Oxf. in 266 Stout Scaramoucha with Rush Lance rode in. 1725 R. Bradley at Candle Put..in a small Rush-wick. 1839 A. Ure 836 A paper smift..is then fixed to the top of the rush-tube. 1861 C. Reade lvii I'll not give him a rush dip. 1922 (Brit. Commerc. Gas Assoc.) 140/2 Rush dips were much in use at one time. 1941 N. M. Gunn x. 215 After some talk in the gloom of the kitchen, Roddie lit the rush wick and opened the door of the middle room. 1974 J. Aiken (1977) 180 Three or four rush dips..burned smokily. 1993 11 Oct. 5/8 A room like this would have been lit by rush torches. c1475 (a1400) Awntyrs Arthure (Taylor) in J. Robson (1842) 20 He wulle stond the in stoure, in-toe so mycul styd. No more for thi fresun, then for a rysche rote. 1766 C. Varlo (new ed.) II. xiii. 79 As the heath and rush roots &c. is very tough, the first plough must have a wider brick than that which follows. 1801 Suppl. I. 574/1 A rush-pith electrometer. 1821 J. Clare I. 137 Quick the rush-bent fann'd away, As they danc'd and bounded through. 1862 H. Marryat II. 419 A better light than the rush-pith burnt by English peasants twenty or thirty years since. 1905 13 74 Hardly any storm is so fierce as to drive them [sc. snow buntings] south, provided the snow lies not so deep as to bury all the long grasses and rush plants. 1980 No. 89. 23/1 These lengths of rush-pith dipped in tallow were very fragile. 1997 (Nexis) 17 July f1 (caption) Volunteer Helga Andrews sorts out rush roots at the New England Wild Flower Society's Garden of Rare and Endangered Plants. C2. c1552 in J. Strype (1694) II. 137 A rope is a fytt reward for such ryshe repers As have strowed this church ageinst the Kings prechers. 1789 W. Tench xi. 85 We know that two [convicts], who were employed as rush cutters up the harbour, were..most dreadfully mangled and butchered by the natives. 1851 in 5 Aug. (1854) 119/3 Rush-manufacture, dealer. ?1881 (?1885) Index Rush Peeler (for Rushlights). 1889 17 Aug. 3/1 Fishing in the river, chatting with the rush-cutters. 1889 17 Aug. 3/1 Rush cutting. 1908 E. R. Emerson I. x. 206 A rush-worker has then to be engaged, who sits in the corner of the court-yard and with handfuls of rushes makes a kind of rope. 1994 27 Aug. 16/5 Becoming a rush cutter was never her plan. 1994 27 Aug. 16/6 Rush cutting is not easy money. It involves learning to punt and finding rushes which are thick, untangled by water irises and free of pollution and nests. b. Instrumental. ?1790 21 On the banks of a rush bordered stream..a cottage had long stood unobserved by the careless eye of the traveller. 1845 E. Cook 2nd Ser. 185 The rush-bordered rills. 1991 R. Pilcher 243 A bridge over a rush-bordered river, water-meadows, more trees, and then the famous gatehouse. 1741 S. Richardson III. xx. 118 We went to bed,..I to my Loft, and they to their Rush-floor'd cleanly Bedroom. 1862 Christmas No. 55/2 Christmas candles were..given by the chandler to his customers, and were disposed about the walls of the rush-floored hall or kitchen to the best effect. 1995 R. L. Hall vii. 60 There was the same plain, long, low-ceilinged chamber, rush-floored, in which we had supped yesterday. 1790 E. Darwin (ed. 2) II. 25 Queen of the marsh, imperial Drosera treads Rush-fringed banks, and moss-embroider'd beds. 1881 H. W. Taunt 60/2 The picturesque farm with its rush-fringed river's bank. 1994 June 17/2 Suddenly they had come through the wood to the rush-fringed shore of a wide lake. 1837 B. D. Walsh tr. Aristophanes Acharnians ii. vi, in 64 In the rush-girt flask..Mix the greasy Thasian soy. 1895 C. E. Groves & W. Thorp II. 73 Kitchen grease supplied the combustible; a rush-girt brook the wick. 1910 A. Chapman & W. J. Buck iv. 38 Over rush-girt bogs soar weird marsh-harriers. 1779 G. Keate I. 95 In the middle of the church, on a kind of rush-matted hurdle, lay stretched the figure of an old man, worn to the bone. 1883 H. Wilkinson xii. 179 All sit on the fine rush-matted floor, but, as we are ‘foreign barbarians’, they bring us broken down stools. 1960 C. Day Lewis x. 226 Our stone-floored, rush-matted living-room..felt at first like an Aeolus' cave of draughts. 2005 G. Maguire 176 They could head the shrill laughter, the tired crying, the occasional lullaby filtering down through the rush-matted floors above their heads. 1859 W. M. Wood xii. 124 Mussulmans, with the entire head shaved, and covered with, close-fitting, many-colored straw or rush-plaited caps, or else with full crimson or white turbans. 1939 F. Thompson xv. 273 His wide, rush-plaited hat. 1998 R. Scott et al. (ed. 3) xix. 401 Traditional farmhouse cheese use rush plaited linings instead of cloths. 1839 Mar. 161 Three or four rush-seated ragged-bottomed chairs. 1977 3 Sept. 11/3 Rush-seated chairs and homely local service. 2003 Sept. 80/1 The Italian dining room features..potted trees and rush-seated ladder-back chairs. 1889 29 208/5 (table) The occupations are as follows:..Chair rush-seating. 1926 14 July 5/1 We do old-fashioned rush seating also chair recaning... The Red Cross Workshop. 1993 Mar. 24/4 (advt.) Rush seating, seagrass, splint cane webbings, chair cane. We sell materials for do-it-yourselfers. 1805 R. Southey ii. xii. 294 Now, from the rush-strewn temple they depart. 1905 F. Roe (1907) vi. 83 The deplorable state of uncleanliness of the rush-strewn floors of our forefathers. 2005 (Nexis) 12 Feb. (Weekend) 2 The main room we grandly call the ‘middle kitchen’, as if we live in a medieval castle with rush-strewn floors. 1789 E. Darwin 38 With rush-wove crowns in sad procession move. a1874 J. F. O'Donnell (1891) 51 Within the low porch where we often sat, The barren vine..hugged the threshold like a rush-wove mat. 1960 tr. Z. Motokiyo Miidera ii. viii, in III. 72 How dreary a traveller must feel Huddled in a swaying boat With thick rain falling, ever falling From the rush-wove awning overhead. 1633 T. Johnson (new ed.) i. lxxxiv.136 The least Rush-leaued mountaine Narcisse. 1753 Suppl. at Narcissus The..rush-leaved narcissus. 1855 A. Pratt V. 269 Chive Garlic, or Rush-leaved Onion. 1871 M. C. Cooke 102 Rush-stemmed Nolanea. 1889 W. Westgarth 273 It has no grass, but in its stead some green rush-looking tufts, pleasant to our eyes. 1957 E. Lawrence (1990) iv. 65 The rush-leaved daffodils, called jonquils from the Latin word juncus meaning rush, contribute most to the rock garden. 2008 (Nexis) 16 Sept. He had lemons and oranges.., coffee, tea and pepper trees, rush-leaved broom and bramble rose, Madagascar periwinkle, and Bengal fig. C3. 1714 (Royal Soc.) 28 219 Common Spanish Rush-Broom. 1804 J. E. Smith I. 51 (heading) Viminaria denudata. Leafless Rush-Broom. 1843 F. T. Mott 16 The Spanish or Rush Broom, C[ytisus] junceum, is valuable as a successor to the former species [sc. common broom], as it does not flower till July or August. 1900 W. D. Drury 411 Spartium junceum (Spanish or Rush Broom) deserves special mention on account of the ease with which it grows in dry gravelly soils. 1902 1933/2 Viminària..denudàta, Smith. The name Leafless Rush-broom has been proposed for this. society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > wagon or cart for specific articles > carrying rushes at rush-bearing 1817 D. Lysons & S. Lysons V. p. ccxli In Glossop church we observed, in 1810, one of the garlands carried before the rush-carts on these occasions, of very large dimensions. 1901 F. E. Taylor (E.D.D.) Thrutcher, specially applied to the pushers of a rush-cart, and to the boys who push the corves in a coal-pit. 2009 (Nexis) 3 Sept. 29 This custom developed into a festival in the North West during the 1600s, which centred on the rushcart. 1715 tr. C. de Renneville 77 He brought a Straw Bed, a Quilt,..and a deep Rush Chair, all quite new. 1811 Apr. 303/2 A little rush chair was brought her to sit down. 1915 F. M. Hueffer ii. ii. 118 She looked round that place of rush chairs, cane tables and newspapers. 2002 (Nexis) 10 Feb. (Features section) 1 An exquisite oak panelled room with Arts-and-Crafts rush chairs and walls full of portraits of past-Masters. 1611 R. Cotgrave Lettron, Gumme Cichorie, rush Cichorie. 1834 D. Low vii. 413 The Junceæ, or Rush-family, occur largely in the moister pasture-lands of this country. 1915 J. Wrightson & J. C. Newsham 557 Many [plants] are of aquatic character like the water-lily, while others, like members of the Rush family, are semi-aquatic. 2006 R. H. Mohlenbrock 290 Three-fourths of the rush family, including most species in the United States, belong to the genus Juncus. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > onion, leek, or garlic > chives 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens 643 This kinde is called in French, des Oignoncettes.., that is to say, Rushe Garlike. 1898 N. L. Britton & A. Brown III. 580/2 Rush-garlic. 1921 27 55 The ‘chives’ (Allium schoenoprasum) is in a like manner called ‘rush garlic’. the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > rush and related plants 1597 J. Gerard i. ii. 3 Rush grasse hath many small rushie leaues. 1674 M. Lister Let. 6 Apr. in H. Oldenburg (1975) X. 563 I shall transcribe for you Mr Rays annotations upon my observations of ye Astroites... ‘I know noe plant yt hath jointed leaves, except some sorts of Rush-grasse.’ 1796 W. Withering (ed. 3) II. 76 Small Plymouth Rush-grass. a1862 H. D. Thoreau (1864) ii. 28 Cutting the native grass,—rush-grass and meadow-clover, as he called it. 1912 M. E. Francis 114 Small Rush-grass (Sporóbolus negléctus) and Sheathed Rush-grass are small and very slender, with short, narrow, leaves. 2007 D. Squire 71/2 Sporobolus pulchellus. Known as the Dropseed and Rush Grass, this hardy annual may become a perennial when grown in a warm position. 1800 R. Beilby & T. Bewick (ed. 4) 354 A Hound bitch..pupped four whelps during a hard chase, which she carefully covered in a rush aisle. 1853 W. Jardine 142 (caption) Rush-holder. 1904 G. Jekyll 110 The fixed jaw of the rush-holder, an upward continuation of the lower straight piece, is wanting in this example. 1999 D. Plummer ii. 82 The lighting of the American colonies was accomplished principally with rush holders, oil and fat lamps, and candles. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > onion, leek, or garlic > chives eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in W. G. Stryker (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1951) 72 Alans [perh. read Alium], riscleac. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens 643 In Latine [it is called] Scœnoprasum, which may be Englished, Rushe Leekes. 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet xxiii. 219 Cives, or Rush-leeks be almost as hot as Leeks themselves. 1727 B. Langley vii. ix. 25 Cives are called..in Dutch Bisloack, or Junceum Porrum, or Rush Leeke. 1847 W. Darlington 197 Rush-leek Allium. Vulgó—Chives, or Cives. 2003 A. A. Swenson iv. 82 Linguists explain that the Latin name of this species means ‘rush-leek’ and it is indeed related to those two other plants. 1606 G. Chapman ii. sig. C2v Here is one, that was a Rush-mans Ierkin,..wer't not absurd then; a Broome-man should weare it? the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > other root vegetables the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > other root vegetables or plants producing them 1783 C. Bryant i. ii. 19 Roots occasionally eaten as Condiments, or for other Family Purposes... Cyperus esculentus. Rush-nut. 1813 J. M. Good et al. Rush-nut, the root of the cyperus esculentus.., a native of Italy, where it is collected and eaten. 1907 J. W. S. Gouley vii. 114 The bousa of Central Africa is fermented rush nut, cyperus esculentus. 2000 A. D. Livingston iv. xx. 281 The chufa has been eaten in Spain and other parts of Europe for ages. Also called rush nut. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > onion, leek, or garlic > chives 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens 642 Cyues or Rushe Onyons, in the steede of leaues haue litle, smal, holowe..blades, lyke to smal Rushes. 1597 J. Gerard i. 11 The roote is thicke, and cloued like rush onions or ciues. 1673 (Bundle 98, f. 1) [Innkeepers fined] vis. viiid. a peece,..for using rushpinns in their severall yards. 1784 R. Robinson Let. 26 May in (1863) 31 Oct. 342/2 The flag-sads cut too much, rush-sads too little, strength wasted, show the men how to three-corner them; laid out more work for the ditchers. 1872 J. Stockdale 401 It was only by re-sodding or re-flagging the whole face of the embankment with rush sods (maritime rush) of the thickness of about five or six inches, that the embankment could be made to resist the action of the sea. 1995 R. T. Schuh & J. A. Slater (1996) xviii. 82/1 The microhabitats include leaf litter, moss, grass tussocks, sedge and rush sods, and grass and fern foliage. 1548 W. Turner sig. C.ij Chondrilla..maye be named in englishe Ryshe Succory or gum Succory. 1579 T. Stevens Let. 10 Nov. in R. Hakluyt (1589) i. 161 The Portingals haue named them all according to some proprietie which they haue: some they call Rushtailes, because their tailes be..long & smal like a rush. 1823 tr. J. P. F. Deleuze II. vi. 415 The bufo calamita, or rush toad, which has a strong smell of gunpowder; lives in the clefts of walls. 1880 IV. 360 The Natter-Jack, or Rush Toad, is not common. 1936 11 116 The natterjack or rush toad exists in the southwest corner in Cork and Kerry. the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Pyralidae > sable > botys hybridalis 1819 G. Samouelle 425 Botys hybridalis, the rush Veneer. 1832 J. Rennie 151 The Rush Veneer..appears in July. 1969 C. G. Johnson Index 755 Rush Veneer Moth see Nomophila noctuella. 1996 (Nexis) 22 June My garden has also received exceptional numbers of immigrant moths, especially silver-Ys and rush veneers. 1607 J. Norden v. 225 But if the soile were leane and light, barly would agree better in it, and a light red rush wheat. 1796 W. Withering (ed. 3) II. 173 Triticum junceum. Sea Wheat-grass. Rush Wheat. 1875 A. Smith I. 257 Triticum junceum—Sea Wheat Grass, Rush Wheat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). rushn.2adv.adj.Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: rush v.2 Etymology: < rush v.2With sense A. 3 compare the semantic development of e.g. eruption n. 6a, but perhaps also influenced by association with rash n.4 A. n.2 1. the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [noun] > violent > an act or instance of the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [noun] > bursting violently from rest or restraint c1380 (1879) 2888 (MED) Þan schullaþ our men..breken out of þe bossche..& be-trappe hem þar & take hem at one rusche. 1488 (c1478) Hary (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 450 At the fyrst rusche feill Inglismen war slayne. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius (1858) III. 135 His hors hapnit to snapper and to fall, With sic ane rous quhill that him self flew wnder. a1639 H. Wotton View Life & Death Duke of Buckingham in (1651) 111 A Gentleman of his train..spurred up his Horse, and with a violent rush severed him from the Duke. 1666 A. Brome et al. tr. Horace 56 She cannot 'bide The yoke, nor answer th' office of a bride; Nor sustain the eagerful, Fierce rushes of a pondrous bull. 1742 E. Young 40 A suddain Rush from Life's meridian Joys! 1788 H. Cowley i. i. 2 The rush of armies, and the shouts of death, Will shake this azure vault. 1813 P. B. Shelley iv. 47 The ceaseless clangor, and the rush of men Inebriate with rage. 1838 C. Dickens (1839) ix. 76 He looked as black as thunder all the while, and one time started up as if he had more than got it in his mind to make a rush at you. 1852 80 A rush of men takes place from every carriage, and past the ticket-porter. 1919 J. Buchan xx. 366 I was about to make a rush for..one of the Press officers, who would..be in the way of knowing things. 1941 J. L. Rayford xl. 347 Several rushes Benny made like that, head down, charging in. 1997 L. J. Smith Huntress xi, in (2009) 118 There was a violent rush toward Jez—four people all throwing themselves at her. the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [noun] > rushing sound the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [noun] > violent > an act or instance of > specifically of material things a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun (Nero) iv. l. 2384 Þat al þe wyndois in a rusche Off his chawmyr qwhar he laye Brak wp. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun (Nero) iv. l. 724 Þar men mycht here bot dusche for dusche, Rappis ruyde withe mony a rusche. a1500 (Harl. 1738) f. 31 Fragor, rusch [a1425 Stonyhurst perh. read Iusshe] of thundyr. 1535 2 Esdras xiii. 11 The blast of fyre..fell with a russhe vpon ye people. 1541 T. Paynell tr. Felicius xiv. f. 20v Whatsoeuer noise or rushe they hard, they fered it was Catiline and Manlius. 1646 R. Crashaw 39 The rush of Death's unruly wave, Swept him off into his Grave. 1751 S. Johnson No. 126. ⁋2 Overset by..the rush of a larger vessel. 1789 J. Williams II. 148 Some mighty current, rush, or eddy of the tide. 1814 R. Southey xxiii. 299 Down down they roll'd with rush And bound, and thundering force. 1849 T. B. Macaulay II. viii. 336 In a ferment with the sudden rush of business from all corners of the kingdom. 1873 ‘Ouida’ I. 120 My eyes grew wet with a rush of tears. 1916 ‘B. Cable’ 113 At nine, sharp to the tick of the clock, the rush, rush, rush of a field battery's shells passed overhead. 1977 May 85/2 A few rushes of cold water invade the torn seams of my bargain-basement wet suit. 1990 A. S. Byatt xix. 332 They could hear..the huge heavy rush of the sea. 1998 13 Feb. i. 6/5 A rush of late applications postmarked just before the deadline has led to the revised figure. 1858 July 33/2 Who has ever slipped aside from the morning rush in a city street into the quiet aisles of an open church? 1873 Jan. 9/1 Now the holiday rush is over, read and study up for clear weather. 1924 G. B. Shaw p. vii His accuser..might have been picked out of any first class carriage on a suburban railway during the evening or morning rush from or to the City. 1939 G. Greene i. ii. 72 The after-office rush was over. 1951 E. Paul (U.K. ed.) ix. 157 The easter rush of tourists..had crowded the St. Sulpice district to overflowing. 1973 ‘E. McBain’ viii. 136 The homeward rush of office workers had already begun. 2001 16 Apr. ii. 9/1 PCs with the new operating system will be in the shops well before the Christmas rush begins. 2. the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [noun] > violent > an act or instance of > specifically of immaterial things 1723 E. F. Haywood 119 The sudden Rush of painful Ecstasie! 1770 E. Thompson I. 10 Heard you that rush of woe. 1823 7 354 If disappointed in love, they would be more likely to pine away into dissolution,..than to fling themselves, in a rush of despairing frenzy, from a Leucadian promontory. 1868 C. Dickens 26 Aug. (2002) XII. 175 To this hour I have sudden vague rushes of terror. 1888 J. Bryce III. lxxx. 62 Now and then..there comes a rush of feeling so sudden and tremendous, that the name of Tidal Wave has been invented to describe it. 1922 V. Woolf xii. 230 To have—positively—a rush of friendship for stones and grasses, as if humanity were over. 1981 T. C. Boyle (1983) ii. 257 When Ned spotted the familiar flat head and tattered overcoat, he felt a rush of relief. 2008 M. E. Smith & A. Collings x. 133 The giddy rush of new love. the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > effects of drugs > [noun] > drug-induced euphoria the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > [noun] > physical sensation > a physical sensation > rushing sensation 1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton xv. 158 He felt a rush as of a torrent to his temples;—his eyes grew dizzy—he was stunned by the greatness of his despair. 1895 ‘D. Cromarty’ i. v. 34 This one felt a rush in his veins, a throb like the first which drove him on. 1922 J. Joyce ii. xv. [Circe] 488 He couldn't get a connection. Only, you know, sensation. A dry rush. 1971 21 May 11/1 When you start smoking one type of Hash, the best rushes come during the first day of smoking. (Assuming the Hash is good). 1979 25 Mar. n5/6 Never again was there anything quite like the rush we got from the simple fact of spring. 1995 20 Mar. 3/3 They get the rush in seconds while they are still injecting it into their arms. 2003 Sept. 60/1 Avoid the shot of espresso and bar of chocolate trick—you may get an instant rush, but you'll come crashing down shortly afterwards. the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > other substances used for 1977 16 Feb. 1/1 Sold over the counter in several establishments here in small bottles labeled ‘Locker Room’, ‘Ban-Apple Gas’, ‘Cat's Meow’, or ‘Rush’, the products are marketed as ‘room odorizers’, or ‘liquid incense’. 1986 27 May 7/2 Another tool of seduction was the drug amyl nitrate, known as ‘rush’, which set the head spinning and caused the heart to pound when it was sniffed. 1988 D. French (1991) vi. 178 ‘May I have some rush first, mistress?’ ‘Oh, you have rush?’ I said. (It's a drug similar to amyl nitrate.) 2000 A. Powers vi. 218 I sniffed a bottle of Rush. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > eruption > [noun] > an eruption c1736 S. Pegge (1876) Rush, the rash, or spotted fever. 1771 Session Papers in VII. (at cited word) There was a rush came out upon his skin. 1805 J. Ramsay (1966) 155 Smarting under what you call the Rush. 1839 8 Nov. 3/3 Give it a good rubbing for some time, sufficient to bring out a rush on the skin. 1859 1 111 On the removal of the second wet sheet, the rush was well developed. 1920 J. Firth 92 Whisky and sulphur..were administered to bring out the ‘rush’. 4. 1756 xxx. 228 There was such a Rush, at once, of Volunteers to do this, seemingly, last Kindness to Bates. 1826 J. Graham 59 Fuel was thus added to the flame: the Bank became alarmed for its own safety: the rush for gold had commenced. 1856 R. Monckton Milnes in (1891) II. xii. 10 There is such a rush for places I shall probably not see it. 1890 18 Oct. 825/2 The hasty meal and the rush to catch the train. 1919 A. Hornblow xxii. 174 Expecting a tremendous rush to hear these eminent artistes, the management charged three dollars for parquet seats. 1972 May 160 Even some black filmsters—in a rush for questionable glory—have created one-dimensional portraits of their people. 1990 12 Mar. 11/2 More than 700 firms have now joined the rush to give parents the childcare alternative to Luncheon Vouchers. society > trade and finance > trading conditions > [noun] > supply and demand or market > demand society > trade and finance > financial dealings > banking > [noun] > sudden demand on banks the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > [noun] > strong or big requirement 1825 3 Dec. The rush on the banks, and public and private securities..is carried on with such unmitigated fury, that the reaction may very speedily be looked for. 1884 Nov. (1889) 854 There was a slight boom in the mining market, and a bit of a rush on American rails. 1901 23 Nov. 824/1 The increase [in smallpox] has thoroughly alarmed a considerable section of the public, and there is quite a rush on vaccination. 1960 1 Dec. 10/6 A Russian and Bulgarian shop opens in London tomorrow... There should be a rush on..examples of palekh iconography. 1988 J. Frame iv. 25 No more Western News. There's been a rush on them because of the murder. 2008 (Irish ed.) (Nexis) 23 Dec. 8 There is no reason why a rush on the banks won't happen when the guarantee is up. society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > migration > [noun] > sudden 1841 27 Nov. 68/4 There is a fine river..called White Bay River which is navigable for a considerable way upwards for large vessels, so that this will no doubt be the next rush. 1849 20 60 In May, the gold itself began to come into the town. And then began the rising and the rush. 1861 T. McCombie 86 We had a long conversation on the ‘rush’, as it was termed. 1889 11 Apr. 1/1 The Oklahoma rush is unhealthy, and many an enterprising pioneer will find the boom a delusion and a snare. 1908 E. J. Banfield ii. ii. 288 A party of bushmen, fresh from the excitement and weariness of the Gilbert rush. 1955 Mar. 88/2 Thus the uranium boom began. The rush has grown rather than quieted, but there are healthy signs of stabilization. 1971 R. G. Athearn (1976) ix. 180 The rush from Europe continued and Atlantic seaports were kept busy, receiving the newcomers. 2002 B. Fifer 82 Somehow word of their strike got out and, in January 1870, the rush was on. society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > migration > [noun] > scene of migration 1855 W. Howitt I. 172 It is a common practice for them to mark out one or more claims in each new rush. 1885 A. Forbes (1894) 272 When he migrates to a new rush, he takes his live belongings with him. 1900 H. Lawson Story of Oracle in (1964) I. 435 My Uncle Bob was mates with him on one of those rushes along there—the Pipeclay, I think it was, or the Log Paddock. 1938 C. P. Conigrave 12 Warden Finnerty..had gone to inspect the new rush. 1966 ‘J. Hackston’ 52 Why is he so poor now, after finding all the rich reefs and rushes? 2001 K. Krajick (2002) v. 87 When Williams was ten, his father had brought him to the rush from Michigan. the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of cattle, horse, or sheep > [noun] > disorders of cattle or sheep > diarrhoea ?1771 v. 29 A rumbling in her muckel bag, what wi' kintry fouks ca's a rush in the guts. 1807 3 407 Purging, or Rush. 1807 J. Hogg 107 They [sc. maggots] do not always attack such as have a diarrhœa, or rush. 1838 in W. C. L. Martin (1847) 18/2 They are bad breeders, and much subject to the rush, a complaint common to animals bred in and in. 1847 J. O. Halliwell II Rush.., a disease in cattle. Northumb. 1942 54 515/1 Black-rush most commonly occurs in spells of open weather during the early months of the year, and its first indication is the rather sudden development of diarrhoea which is often dark-coloured and foul smelling. the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > [noun] > act or instance of > by several people at once 1785 55 i. 485 Patroles have been productive of a new species of robbery called the Rush; that is, a number of villains assemble at the door of a house, and as soon as opened rush in, bind the family, and plunder the house. 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in II. (at cited word) A rush may signify a forcible entry by several men into a detached dwelling house for the purpose of robbing its owners. society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > [noun] 1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in II. 349 Rush, a feast; a merry-making; a rout. 1855 F. K. Robinson 144 A merry-making is often spoken of as ‘the grand rush’ that is going to be held. the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > haste 1849 Mar. 142/2 It was eleven o'clock, but there was no rush and hurry, such as I had always seen before. 1869 182 Mr. Pond said there was no use in my getting so worried about the job; that it would be all right, and there was no such rush about it. 1880 L. N. Janney xxxv. 214 You don't take life calmly enough. There must be too much rush and hurry and bustle. 1913 V. Bell Let. 6 Feb. in (1993) iii. 136 I am thankful the Grafton is over. I hope it means not quite such a rush for you. 1931 H. Nicolson 22 Aug. (1966) 88 I have learnt that rapidity, hustle and rush are the allies of superficiality. 1943 E. B. White 13 Aug. (1976) 243 I would like to discuss my publishing life with you some time... There is no rush about it, however, as I have no book ready to go. 1989 N. Sherry I. xxxv. 540 The Greenes had left their medical supplies behind in the last minute rush. 2007 R. K. Morgan (2008) 262 We could have waited for the Lima hook... Less rush that way. I'd have time to buy those clothes you were bitching about. 9. North American College slang. society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > a fight > between students 1851 J. V. Huntington I. iii. i. 120 It had been a common piece of insolence for Sophomore classes to make a rush on the Freshmen after prayers, and push them out. 1860 26 22 As a basis, a Rush tacitly assumes that it is promoting a rivalry that is proper and praiseworthy. 1871 G. R. Cutting 128 Participants will, however, readily recall the..‘rush’ of '67 and '68, in Athenæ Hall;..and..the ‘rushes’ of '71 with '72. 1905 5 Dec. 4 What is known in Canadian academic life as ‘rush’, that is, a trial of strength between the freshmen and the second year students. 1916 C. A. Eastman 68 The two classes met in a first ‘rush’. 1988 R. A. Smith (1990) ii. 21 Rushes continued as ritualistic encounters well into the 1900s. society > leisure > social event > type of social event > [noun] > treat or entertainment > for candidate for club 1885 Oct. 44/2 The rushing season is about over,—though the rush has been mostly between the Betas and Phi Gams, the Sigs being content with what they had. 1890 Oct. 311 In our rushes this term we have put forth all our energies, and as a result we with pleasure introduce to the worthy members of our circle Chas. I. Stouffer. 1915 May 374 After many meetings and much discussion, local Panhellenic has decided upon the short rush for next year. 1966 27 Oct. 22 No Negroes were admitted to fraternities or sororities at the University of Louisville during the fall rush. 2005 W. Gaskell 139 ‘Hi, nice to meet you,’ I said, smiling my nicest, fakest smile perfected after three years of college sorority rushes. 10. the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun] > drove or herd of > stampede of the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] > herd > stampede 1855 W. Howitt 167 Away, Phin, for you life! Away! away! the cattle are for a rush! 1880 Aug. 192/2 A confused whirl of dark forms swept before him... It was ‘a rush’, a stampede. 1921 May 21/1 A drover is mortally injured in a ‘rush’ during the night watch. 1967 M. Sellars 37 A rush is a terrifying thing and woe betide anyone caught in its path. 1999 H. Wharton vii. 82 As the rush begins the drover has no time to be frightened. the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [noun] > migration > migratory flock 1880 4 163 A ‘rush’ appears to have taken place at the Isle of May on Sept. 19th, at 2 a.m.,..when a flock of young birds was seen and four of them were wounded against the glass. 1901 10 Sept. 7/1 The greater number of birds in the autumn rushes. 1954 D. A. Bannerman III. 172 In Britain, observers usually record our winter fieldfares as arriving in a succession of ‘rushes’. 1990 D. A. Christie tr. T. Alerstam (1997) iii. 38 An intensive westward passage of English Lapwings fleeing from the cold and snow is triggered... This we term ‘rush migration’. 11. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres 1857 T. Hughes i. v. 123 Now the last minutes are come, and the School gather for their last rush. 1897 16 Dec. The Dark Blues broke away, but the rush was well saved by Black. 1919 13 Nov. 162/2 Harvard carried the ball by a series of rushes to Princeton's 17-yard line. 1970 28 Sept. 18/6 Fleming was Hamilton's leading ground gainer with four catches for 66 yards and nine rushes for 42 more. 1992 13 Nov. d3/4 After nine games, the Bills are tied with San Diego for allowing the fewest yards per rush in the NFL. 2009 (Nexis) 14 May 7 Then, on a rush began by..Samantha Pepper and finished by Charlotte Ghesquiere, the Sabres crossed the line and thought they had the winning try. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres 1857 T. Hughes i. v. 120 They are all edging forwards, inch by inch, to get nearer for the rush at Crab Jones, who stands there in front of old Brooke to catch the ball. 1960 5 Dec. 119 (caption) Roughhouse rush by Giant Linebacker Cliff Livingston puts pressure on Eagle punter Norm Van Brocklin. 1979 8 Jan. c1/1 Larry's strong rush helped keep pressure on Ram quarterback Pat Haden. 1995 22 Oct. v. 5/1 Quarterback Donovan McNabb scrambled in the third quarter to shake free of West Virginia's rush and throw a 45-yard touchdown pass to Deon Maddox. 2006 T. Flores & B. O'Connor (rev. ed.) 136/1 Start the rush to one side while turning the blocker's shoulders in that direction. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [noun] > types of player > specific group of players 1881 21 Oct. 2/1 The greatest improvement..was in the steadiness with which the backs played, enabling the rush to play with more confidence. 1887 Oct. 891/2 The two players on the ends of the line, the ‘end-rushes’, stand slightly back of the main line. 1903 13 Jan. 5/2 He..had the reputation of being the best centre rush that the university [sc. Harvard] ever had. 1922 R. L. Scaife 90 Mary dashed off, carrying the cigarettes much as a center rush in football carries the pigskin from an out-of-bounds play. the world > animals > birds > flight > [noun] > bird that flies > group of flying birds 1859 H. C. Folkard i. 6 The modern terms as applied to water-fowl [include]..A flight or rush of dunbirds. 1916 2 Dec. 520 A rush of Pochards. 1951 14 May 7/5 Though the names are recorded, I personally have little knowledge of a ‘rush of dunbirds’, a ‘fling of oxbirds’, or a ‘trip of dottrel’. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > croquet > [noun] > types of stroke society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > croquet > play croquet [verb (transitive)] > types of play or stroke 1868 W. J. Whitmore ii. 19 No croquet should be made without a careful calculation as to the rush. 1870 1 July 45 He would..hit 4 and get the rush on 2 to his hoop, and then play the forward game. 1877 VI. 609/1 The learner should next practise..cutting, which is a rush played fine instead of full. 1914 29 June 14/3 By a series of brilliant rushes and difficult hoops [he] finished the game. 1966 D. Miller & R. Thorp viii. 65 It is easier to get into a position to play the rush, if one is already on the rush line. 1995 S. Boga 55 Use rushes to make the croquet strokes in the break easier. 1874 1 333 Strong super-incumbent rocks bear up and hold off the rush down of the undermined strata. 1876 J. Hyslop I. 337 There is great danger of a ‘rush’ over the pillars when robbing begins, unless they are largely proportionate to the openings. 1883 W. S. Gresley 209 Rush, the sudden weighting of the roof when robbing the pillars begins, and the roof is a strong one. society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > printing > [noun] > a print > first prints 1920 M. R. Rinehart in Oct. 19/2 I then went to the stage and was movied, and spent a feverish night waiting for the rushes next day. 1924 G. R. Chester xvii. 206 Isidor Iskovitch sat very cockily exhibiting to his friend and boss..some thousands of feet of ‘rushes’ on his pet picture, ‘the Woman's Half’. 1952 L. Ross (1953) iii. 106 I haven't had a chance to tell you how wonderful I feel the dailies (rushes) are. 1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty xv. 144 Every night after we'd finished work at six o'clock, Blondie would rush to the projection room to see the rushes. 1976 C. Bermant ii. iv. 160 My function was to write the outline script as a rough guide for the film crew. Then, when the rushes were available, I re-wrote to fit the pictures. 2010 P. Smith 138 In February he took me to the Factory to see rushes of Trash... I was not moved by the movie. B. adv.the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adverb] > hastily or hurriedly 1853 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer III. xii. 378 The next morning, rush went we..from Salem to Boston, to see several persons. 1913 ‘A. M. Winfield’ x. 102 ‘Now I guess I'll hear something,’ thought Dick, as he turned in this telegram and paid for having it transmitted. ‘Send it Rush, please,’ he told the operator. 1933 E. Balmer & P. Wylie i. 24 You see, Tony, some—some things were being sent rush, by airplane. 1984 26 Mar. 6 b/1 Take this to the post office and send it rush, special delivery. 1998 D. Kondo (rev. ed.) ix. 95 There are many cases where we or the manufacturer have held up an order but then need it ‘rush’. C. adj. ( attributive). the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > acting with haste > hasty or hurried the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adjective] > moving with urgent speed > full of haste 1879 W. Whitman (1978) I. 145 I am told that Saturday is a real rush day. 1900 J. London 15 Mar. (1966) 102 This isn't sharpshooting, but repelling a rush attack of a body of men. 1901 C. Moffett 381 Already the mail clerks are swarming at the pouches, like printers on a rush edition. 1939 C. Day Lewis ii. vi. 241 Christmas was a rush-time of services, visits to the sick, parties for the children and old people of the parish. 1958 25 Sept. 458/2 Both the estates of the speculative ‘rush’ builders and the architectural one-offs are unable to keep pace with the demand [for new houses]. 1968 8 Aug. 176/3 It was an odd life at Oxford at the time because most people had just come out of the army and were going in for quick degrees, sort of rush degrees. 1977 R. V. Hudson in D. H. Bond & W. R. McLeod ii. 123 His expertise earned him an assignment to rush work and the highest wage among some fifty printers. 1988 11 Jan. 71/3 Right now, I take home about three thousand baht a month... Normally—not in rush season like this—I will take home about eighteen hundred baht. 1995 B. Bryson (1996) xv. 187 I'm going to need a rush debrief on the Pentland Squire scenario. Phrases P1. rush of blood. 1795 G. Walker III. xxxiv. 244 A violent rush of blood seemed to fill my brain; sense, motion, every faculty was lost or suspended. 1806 J. Beresford I. xi. 286 The sudden rush of blood to the head, and consequent giddiness and staggering. 1847 C. Dickens (1848) xxvi. 258 There was a sudden rush of blood to Mr. Dombey's face. 1890 Jan. 95/2 Mademoiselle felt as if that sneer has struck her like a blow... She had the sensation of the physical shock as well as of the rush of blood to the brain which is its result. 1941 R. Warner i. 25 I could feel a pressure of blood at my wrists and a rush of blood to the heart. 1991 G. Burn (1992) iii. 41 A rush of blood to the ears. 2010 S. Huber x. 155 A rush of blood made a lacework pattern on the pink of her cheeks. 1901 Feb. 438/1 He was just at present a friendly scout, but liable at any time to have a rush of blood to the head which would turn his hand against any man. 1956 30 Apr. 3/2 A rather rash attempt to cut the last ball of the same over. A rush of blood, perhaps. 1980 R. H. Lewis ix. 147 I can't leave Henry... Not for what could be merely a rush of blood to the head. 2003 June 23/1 It was rare for a rally to last less than six or seven shots—unless a sudden rush of blood or attempt to emulate what we had seen from Wimbledon led one of us to charge the net. the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > moving swiftly in specific manner [phrase] > in or with a rush 1806 R. Bloomfield 86 With a rush the bright rockets ascended. 1841 10 Dec. 2/2 They all travel round to the old brushing ground where they ‘go it with a rush’. 1861 6 June Already the Confederate States perceive that they cannot carry all before them with a rush. 1903 G. B. Shaw iii. 138 The complete reality comes back with a rush. 1934 A. Christie 53 She stared at Mr Parker Pyne with a desperate intentness. Suddenly she spoke with a rush. 1976 Dec. 112/3 The oxygen tended to come on with a rush that snapped out the flame. 1993 Feb. 25/1 When the candled ice begins to fall apart, break-up is on with a rush. First the rivers go, then the lakes. P3. the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb] the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > away (of motion) [phrase] > running away the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > with rapid action [phrase] > quickly or promptly the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > moving swiftly in specific manner [phrase] > in or with a rush the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > acting vigorously or energetically [phrase] > acting briskly the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > with rapid action [phrase] > in haste or in a hurry 1829 M. T. C. Gould 123 There was an alarm in the house that the galleries were coming down, and they came out in a rush. 1847 H. B. Stowe in 17 Apr. 126/1 Then comes the instant change; flashing smiles and tears, as the good comes back all in a rush. 1876 ‘M. Twain’ xviii. 149 He is always in such a rush that he never thinks of anything. 1877 G. M. Hopkins (1967) 67 That blue is all in a rush With richness. 1907 W. D. Johns in (Seattle Writers' Club) 301 The people must ha' left in a rush, fur a lot o' close was scattered about. 1971 502 The slow, jolting pace of one who is in no rush. 1990 A. Swift (Mersey TV Transmission script) (O.E.D. Archive) Episode 818. 43 I'm sorry, I'm in a bit of a rush. 1990 M. Forster xxii. 359 Relief that she could be so certain about something made her speak all in a rush. 1843 Mar. 330/2 What an age this is! all crime and fanaticism! Every man and everything is on the rush. 1859 J. C. Hotten 84 Doing it on the rush, running away, or making off. 1890 R. Kipling (1892) 11 An 'appy day with Fuzzy on the rush Will last an 'ealthy Tommy for a year. 1901 H. James iv. 75 Last night she was on the rush. 1916 ‘Taffrail’ i. 11 Take a pride in yourself, an' obey all orders at the rush. 2008 P. H. Earl x. 140 With such running, busy lives, we never take time to sit down quietly... Everything is on the rush, including our praying. 1844 6 285 The city is all of a rush. 1887 G. Macleod 250/1 It ain't that easy to do it all of a rush. 1916 (Consumers' League of N.Y. City) iv. 15 It's a wonder more girls aren't dead, the way they eat all of a rush. 1938 8 June 8/8 Later in the season they [sc. soft crabs] drop off almost altogether until late July or in August, when they seem to come back all of a rush. 1995 C. Bateman (1996) 226 Of course it was all of a rush; he'd hardly known her more than a few weeks. 1862 Aug. 93 When business is at its height they have instructions to ‘do a rush’, that is, to back a ‘safe 'un’, for the purpose of inducing the lookers on to follow. 1879 12 Dec. Nothing like a crowd for regular sprees, Ain't it fine to do a rush, and squeeze. 1902 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley VI. i. 85 To do a rush (racing) = to back a safe' un.., and (among bookmakers' touts) to bet flash.., to induce business. P5. colloquial (chiefly U.S. and Caribbean). 1894 Aug. 85/2 He gave her the grand rush, you know. 1938 E. Bowen ii. iv. 249 I don't think most girls appreciate friendship; all they want is to be given a rush. 1940 P. G. Wodehouse 93 He's been giving me the rush of a lifetime. 1956 W. H. Whyte (1957) 252 An actor..comes to town from the city for a short stay. He gives her a mild rush, and she dreams of a glamorous life with him. 1966 13 Oct. 45 A Swiss beauty with a knockout shapely figure..has been giving him the rush like mad. 1997 M. Maddox vi. 47 The stag line was giving her a rush. the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > court or engage in courtship [verb (intransitive)] > be recipient of frequent male attentions the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > court or woo [verb (transitive)] > by frequent entertainment or dating 1911 H. S. Harrison xxiii. 298 He would be refused, of course, but the girl would have the pleasant feeling of getting a rush, and Robert would boost his standing as a philanthropist. 1934 J. O'Hara (1935) i. 20 Wilhelmina Hall..was still the best dancer in the club, and was getting the best rush. 1969 A. Lurie 18 She certainly wasn't prepared for the rush she got, probably for the first time in her life... You've got to admit she's not madly attractive. 1989 O. Senior 55 He was also beginning to get a rush from the politicians, both parties recognising that any specialist in international monetary studies was one of the bright boys to watch. 1996 P. H. Brown & P. H. Broeske xviii. 193 Joan Crawford, who got the Hughes rush in the thirties, once said, ‘Howard Hughes would fuck a tree.’ 1964 12 Dec. 22/8 Mark Lane said here today he was writing a book that would expose the Warren Commission report on President Kennedy's assassination... The book, to be titled ‘Rush to Judgment’, will appear in March, 1965. 1967 26 June 11/1 A rush to judgment is dangerous in a game in which form and fortunes can swing busily. 1980 B. Wade Introd. p. vii The sort of rush to judgement which comes through grabbing at other people's opinions. 2001 1 Oct. 24/3 What we have seen in terms of policy is very measured. We have seen no evidence of hasty rushes to judgment or pounding the sand. Compounds1889 Nov. 45 Owing to our inability to have the ‘rush’ meetings in the house, the main part of the work has devolved on the committee. 1899 A. H. Quinn 60 It was not long before Theta Chi gave him a bid to a rush smoker. 1931 24 Sept. 20/6 Aunt Phoebe Tilden read where so many colleges are having rush parties. 1944 24 Sept. 3/5 Formal rush week for all sororities on the campus will be Oct. 1 to Oct. 6. 1964 39 193 The social affairs that are a major concern for most students, such as..pledge and rush weeks. 1979 19 Apr. 6/2 Jennifer Johnston..was elected assistant rush chairman. 1990 22 Mar. 78/1 Maurice attended a rush preview weekend for prospective freshmen. C2. See also rush hour n.1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ II. ii. 19 When there's three or four men, all armed and steady, it's no use trying the rush dodge with them. 2009 23 Mar. 57/2 Tierney mentioned various dodges [in lacrosse] crafted for coming out of X, the simplest of which was pure speed—the ‘speed’, the ‘rush dodge’, the ‘bull dodge’. 1884 11 May 16/2 Yesterday there was a call for seventy men to complete ‘rush jobs’. 1955 ‘A. Gilbert’ viii. 151 She was gone before he arrived on the scene. It was a rush job. a1974 R. Crossman (1975) I. 238 They are horrifyingly superficial—merely a collection of the facts available to central government with one or two rush-job social surveys and some very hasty conclusions. 1990 Mar. 5/2 Am I alone in experiencing a workload of constant panics and rush jobs caused by executives not as competent as either myself or my design team? society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [noun] > types of player > specific group of players 1882 16 Jan. 2/2 If the half-backs are required to stand a certain distance back of rush line..it will be found impossible for any team to play the ‘block’ game without making enough safety touch-downs to give the game to the other side. 1887 34 891/2 Across the field stretch the football infantry, the ‘rush-line’ or ‘rushers’. 1906 4 Oct. 366 We hear of a surprising prevalence among the young men..of the disposition to get into the political rush-line. 1923 R. D. Paine i. 3 The unlucky young men who were left in his wake when he tore through a rush-line. 1991 62 The Lions couldn't rattle a quarterback with their weak rush line. the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > by asking or entreaty > an order 1889 (ed. 2) 249/1 She keeps a number of artistic and thoroughly experienced milliners constantly employed, and a specialty is made of rush orders or trimming while customers wait. 1929 T. H. Burnham xv. 199 Rush orders are difficult to put through, even in well-organized works. 1990 19 July 20 (advt.) Whether it be large exhibition prints, a rush order of E6 or even disc film processing, Jobo gives you the results you want. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rushn.3 Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: rush n.2 Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps a specific use of rush n.2With Orkney and Shetland use perhaps compare Shetland Scots roosk luxuriant growth, also ‘a big, strapping person’ (1903; < an unattested Norn word, probably < the same Scandinavian base as Old Icelandic roskinn ripe, mature, full-grown, and rǫskr vigorous, brave, valiant (see rash adj. and adv.)). J. Jakobsen ( Etymol. Ordbog Norrøne Sprog Shetland (1912) at Rusk) considers Shetland Scots rush to be an anglicization of roosk; however, the existence of the word in other varieties of Scots (as well as English) perhaps makes this unlikely. Chiefly English regional ( northern) and Scottish. Now rare. the world > plants > plants collectively > [noun] > tuft, clump, or cluster of plants the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > thicket, brake, or brush 1593 (1903) xxxii. 66 They brought hime to that place of Dunhome myriculouslye in ye yere of our Lord DCCCCXCv where there was nothing but a great Rush of thornes and other thick wood & growinge. 1796 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in (ed. 2) II. 340 Rush (of grass or corn), a tuft, knot, cluster, or croud of plants. 1822 T. Bewick iii. 27 In the midst of a ‘Whin rush’—that is, a great extent of old whins. 1844 M. A. Richardson Legendary Div. II. 43 Through a rush of briars and nettles. 1892 M. C. F. Morris 155 A field..has a ‘rush’ or narrow strip of wood or rough ground at one end of it. 1929 H. Marwick 149/2 Rush, a specially luxuriant growth—e.g. a ‘rush o' girs’, or of corn, &c. 1932 A. Horsbøl tr. J. Jakobsen II. 728/2 A rush o' corn, o' breer,..o' hair, o' whiskers. 1972 (ed. 3) 43 The Alsea flows mistily below, creeping between apple trees, rushes of corn, tawny slopes, pilings, and the back porches of solidly built wooden homes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rushv.1Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: rush n.1 1. the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > scatter loosely or strew > strew (a surface) with something > with specific substance a1325 (Arun.) (1857) 171 (MED) Mundez la mesoun e la junchet [glossed:] russet [v.rr. strewe, strauwe hyt]. c1400 (Trin. Cambr.) (1909) 10 (MED) Regardez que la sale soit iuncheie..Tak hede þt þe halle be Rysshet. c1450 tr. G. Deguileville (Cambr.) (1869) 122 (MED) I can wel russhe [a1475 Lydgate: strowhe with Rosshys; Fr. Jonchier] a dungy place. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. (Rawl.) (1898) 242 (MED) Good is..to walke, noght vpon harde erthe ne Pament, but vpon erthe nesshly y-st[r]awet or russhet. 1612–13 in L. M. Clopper (1979) 275 Paied for plaisteringe and Rushing the gallery on shrovtusday. 1778 in H. Fishwick (1874) 113 Paid 10s. to the sexton for rushing the church. 1895 T. Ellwood 78 In some parishes, rushing the church in this way was paid for. the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of specific crops > [verb (transitive)] > tie up hops society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > making of other specific articles or materials > make other specific articles or materials [verb (transitive)] > processes in making furniture 1754 II. 1700/2 at Japanning Rush it with dutch rushing as near the grain of the wood as is proper. 1848 9 ii. 556 Keep them [i.e. hop-bines] well rushed around at the bottom. 1885 Jan. 47/1 Women and children..caning or rushing the ‘bottoms’ [of chairs]. 1915 S. J. Macleod xii. 104 The problem of rushing chairs is not so simple, because the rush must be kept wet. 1999 G. Stone in T. Twomey 7 Stephen Pharaoh's pay is recorded for ‘bottoming’ (rushing) Dominy chairs. 2004 M. Hoyinck & R. Chesal tr. M. Grever & B. Waaldijk ii. 65 Working-class women could be seen ironing, cutting diamonds, and rushing chairs. the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [verb (intransitive)] > gather rushes 1530 J. Palsgrave 692/2 I rysshe, I gather russhes, je cueils des joncs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rushv.2 Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps partly a borrowing from French. Perhaps partly a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: French russher, russer; English hrȳscan. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps partly either (i) < Anglo-Norman russher (beginning of the 14th cent. in an isolated attestation as past participle russhé ), variant (with palatalization of the final consonant; compare discussion at push v.) of Anglo-Norman russer, Anglo-Norman and Old French rëuser, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French ruser to push back, drive back, etc. (see ruse v.1), or (ii) < Anglo-Norman russer, Anglo-Norman and Old French rëuser, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French ruser ruse v.1, with alteration of the final consonant as a result of semantic association with crash v., dash v., or push v. (which might perhaps also explain the divergence in meaning from the French verb), and partly (iii) representing the reflex of Old English hrȳscan to make a resounding noise, of uncertain origin, perhaps cognate with Middle Dutch ruuscen to make a din (Dutch ruisen to rustle, murmur), Middle Low German rūschen, rūsken, to rattle, clatter, make a din, to rustle, to move quickly and noisily, to rush, storm, Middle High German rūschen, riuschen , to rattle, clatter, make a din, to rustle, to move quickly and noisily, to rush, storm (German rauschen), and probably also (perhaps via Middle Low German) Norwegian regional ruska to rattle, clatter, to rustle, Old Swedish ruska to move quickly and noisily (Swedish †ruska to rattle, clatter, make a din, to rustle, whistle), Danish ruske to rattle, clatter, to rustle, whistle; further etymology uncertain and disputed: probably ultimately of imitative origin.The Old English word is attested only in glosses (as participial adjective); compare:OE Aldhelm Glosses (Brussels 1650) in L. Goossens Old Eng. Glosses of MS Brussels, Royal Libr. 1650 (1974) 385 Radiis stridentibus : rislum hriscendum, sonantibus.OE Aldhelm Glosses (Brussels 1650) in L. Goossens Old Eng. Glosses of MS Brussels, Royal Libr. 1650 (1974) 460 Argutis..fidibus : mid riscendum strengum [OE Digby 146 mid hryscendum strengum].The quantity of the stem vowel is uncertain; it is usually assumed to be long because of the continental Germanic parallels. If so, it must have undergone shortening before being retracted to u in the environment of /ʃ/ (see R. Jordan Handb. der mittelenglischen Grammatik (ed. 2, 1934) §43.2) in order to give Middle English forms such as rusche, rushe, etc. 1. a. To move, flow, or surge with great speed, force, or suddenness. Frequently with adverb or adverbial phrase. c1380 (1879) 497 (MED) He..saw þe red blod russchen out [orig. draft rusched oute] þorw is armure briȝte. c1400 (?c1380) (1920) 368 (MED) Mony clustered clowde clef alle in clowtez, Torent uch a rayn-ryfte and rusched to þe urþe. c1450 (c1405) (BL Add. 41666) (1936) l. 896 (MED) I..sawe..The rennyng riuyere russhing faste. a1475 in F. J. Furnivall (1903) 239 (MED) Þe clowdes gan clappe, The elementes gonne to rusche & rappe And smet downe chirches & templis with crak. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil xii. i. 125 Of our wondis the red blude ruschis owt. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil i. 3 Rush do the winds forward... They skud too the seaward. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden i. 730 Swale rusheth rather than runneth..with fooming waters. 1671 J. Milton iv. 411 Nor slept the winds Within thir stony caves, but rush'd abroad. View more context for this quotation 1715 J. T. Desaguliers tr. N. Gauger 22 If you change ends, still the Air will rush out at the upper end. 1757 W. Wilkie ii. 46 Beyond the hostile ranks the weapon drove; The warriors stooping as it rush'd above. 1819 W. Scott III. xi. 279 The blood rushed in anger to the countenance of Richard. 1884 W. C. Smith 45 When you..hear the water rushing Around you, and beneath. 1900 F. A. Adams xxiv. 261 An avalanche of golden grain rushed upon the two captives. 1958 J. Barth xii. 221 The vomitus rushed to my mouth, and I was barely able to swallow it down. 1991 R. R. McCammon i. i. 14 A great burst of bubbles blew out of the car as more water rushed in. 1488 (c1478) Hary (Adv.) (1968–9) vi. l. 553 The noyis rouschit throuch strakis that thai dang. ?1532 T. Paynell tr. Erasmus x. sig. I.iv The vnrestfull rorynge of the worlde doth nat russhe in here amonge vs in religion. a1535 T. More (1553) ii. xvi. sig. K.iv The power or myght of god russhed into Sampson. 1600 W. Shakespeare iv. i. 219 Many an errour by the same example will rush into the state. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton 21 Restless thoughts, that..rush upon me thronging, and present Times past. View more context for this quotation 1778 F. Burney II. ix. 67 Almost instantly, the whole truth of the transaction seemed to rush upon her mind. 1837 T. Carlyle III. v. i. 287 Catholicism, Classicism, Sentimentalism, Cannibalism: all isms that make up Man in France, are rushing and roaring in that gulf. 1849 W. M. Thackeray (1850) I. xx. 193 A dreadful rumour rushed through the university. 1904 H. G. Wells i. iii. 56 So obliteratingly hot and swift did his impressions rush upon him. 1951 S. H. Bell i. x. 74 The sense of emptiness rushed in on her. 1993 25 Jan. 52/2 A ‘moment of silence’..is the point at which the mind stops and something else takes over (words run out when feelings rush in). the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > fall steeply or swiftly c1440 (?a1400) 120 (MED) The Romaynes for radnesse ruschte to þe erthe Fore ferdnesse of hys face. a1470 T. Malory (Winch. Coll.) 160 Sir Marhaus speare helde, and therewith sir Gawayne and his horse russhed downe to the erthe. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour (Adv.) iii. 139 He rouschit doun off blud all rede. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy (1901) I. i. xxi. 121 Brutus..ruschit (as It had bene aganis his wil) to þe ground and kissit þe erde. c1580 ( tr. (1929) IV. ii. 8570 Tholomere sik ane rout him raucht..That to the erd he rushit rath. 1614 W. Cowper 117 They build to themselues in the streets houses of shels, stones, clay, and such like,..but they rush to the ground as soone as they are raised. 1653 D. Dickson 69 You shall perish suddenly, as when a bowing wall and tottering fence rusheth to the ground in a moment. 1733 S. Bowden I. 151 Icarus swift rushes to the Ground. 1744 J. Armstrong ii. 58 Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering empires rush by their own weight. 1822 T. Carlyle Let. 10 Sept. in (1970) II. 160 See that in the hurry, no [hay]stack rush, or heat. 1847 G. Lippard i. 18 The old man, Michael, rushed to the earth. 1967 in (1968) VII. (at cited word) [Kirkcudbright] The side o' the grave rushed wi' us. the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be visible [verb (intransitive)] > appear or become visible > suddenly 1594 W. Shakespeare sig. D2 The faire and fierie pointed Sunne, Rushing from forth a cloud, bereaues our sight. View more context for this quotation 1817 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Mariner (rev. ed.) iii, in 15 The Sun's rim dips; the stars rush out. 1879 Mrs. A. G. F. E. James 65 In India that luminary does not ‘peep up’, he rushes up. 1919 E. Goodwin xi. 294 Colour came into the sky, the stars rushed out again, and he stood..motionless on the steps. 1933 A. Young 27 The stars rushed forth tonight Fast on the faltering light; So thick those stars did lie No room was left for sky. 2007 J. Herbert xi. 331 We watch the sun rush up from the East, pass over our heads, and sink into the West, like a great celestial tennis ball. the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by good growth > grow well or flourish [verb (intransitive)] > grow quickly 1775 J. Anderson iv. 177 A great number of small annual weeds are allowed to rush up. 1786 June 435 Plants which grow on very rich soils and rush up with great luxuriance. 1819 W. Scott III. ix. 223 The weeds have rushed up, and conspired to choak the fair and wholesome blossom. 1873 7 June 436/1 With such treatment the Vines will rush up speedily, and should be topped at the height of 7 feet. 1902 1 848 When the trees are too thickly planted they rush up thin and gaunt-looking. 2007 B. Roscoe xix. 141 Weeds rushed up from the cracks in a car park of a shuttered restaurant. 2. Chiefly with adverb or adverbial phrase. the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > forcibly c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Macc. iii. 25 Forsothe sum hors apeeride to hem, hauynge a dreedful sitter..and he with feersnesse..rushide [a1425 L.V. ruyschide; L. elisit] the former feet to Heleodore. a1450 (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) 8984 (MED) He russhed his stede and did him goon, Toward Darel he roode than. a1470 T. Malory (Winch. Coll.) 255 He russhed his horse on sir Ector and caught hym undir his ryght arme. 1532 R. Whittington tr. Erasmus sig. C/2 They russhed their handes in to the dysshe that stode before them. 1592 tr. F. Du Jon xii. 18 A most mighty tempest that he rushed upon the whole world. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer v. 18 Then rush'd he out a lance at him. 1650 I. Ambrose 18 Into what a sea of misery have I now rushed sail? a1732 T. Boston (1776) vii. 157 There was a spit sticking in the wall of the house... I rushed inadvertently my face on it. a1794 S. Blamire (1842) 133 What if I snatch the tuneful lyre, And rush my fingers 'cross the wire. 1858 30 Nov. How skilfully these young creatures managed their frail tiny barks! They rush them through the fiercest rapids. 1892 J. J. Hogan xxii. 199 They rushed the ploughshare through the mellow lea. 1911 G. K. Chesterton iv. 52 Alfred rushed his spears and rent The shield-wall of the Danes. 1965 F. O. Copley tr. Virgil x. 229 Scarce had he reached the deck when Juno broke The hawser and rushed the ship through rolling waves. the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (reflexive)] > move swiftly and violently 1488 (c1478) Hary (Adv.) (1968–9) vii. l. 819 Rudly till ray thai ruschit thaim agayne. a1500 (?c1400) (1880) l. 589 ‘Lordingis,’ said Roulond, ‘rusche you be-dene, till I haue ben at the soudan and cum agayn’. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus II. Jude f. xxiiiv The outragious waues of the sea, that rushe them vp on hye. 1642 D. Rogers 47 To have made him desperate, and to have rusht himselfe upon vile courses. 1660 R. Allestree 148 Men, that can thus knowingly and consideringly rush themselves upon such unspeakable mischiefs. 1752 D. Hume x. 190 Cities besieg'd, whose inhabitants, rather than open their gates, murder'd their wives and children, and rush'd themselves on a voluntary death. 1760 J. Mills tr. J. B. L. Crevier VI. xv. ii. 63 Cerialis,..rushing himself into the thickest danger, backed by his bravest men, repulsed the enemy. 1827 June 210 The unfortunate prince, who thus persisted, at the utmost risk,..to rush himself upon an undertaking so utterly desperate. 1888 Jan. 110/2 They rushed themselves into the field to further the success which they had predicted. 1913 M. Rittenberg xxxv. 339 With a mutinous jerk the boat rushed itself to the surface, bottom upward, flinging Matheson clear. 2009 N. Etoké in K. A. Perkins 147 He slipped into the white sheets and rushed himself into my breast. society > travel > transport > [verb (transitive)] > rapidly the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > convey or transport > rapidly 1554 J. Gwynneth iii. f. 4v He durst not russhe it euen all out plainly. And yet thought to wrappe it in his wordes so craftily, that his aduersaries should not take hym with the open faute directly. 1568 in W. T. Ritchie f. 33v Ruschit [Makculloch russit] on the croce thir wirdis did thow repeit. 1577 II. 627 The said Thesaurare..put violent handis on the said complenar, ruschit him to the Tolbuith. 1632 J. Featley 15 His will rushes him headlong to the whirlepoole of destruction. 1658 R. Allestree vi. §21. 154 Consideration..we own to our souls. For without it, we shall..rush them into infinite perils. 1721 E. Young iv. i O, how like innocence she looks! what, stab her, And rush her into blood? 1740 S. Richardson II. 30 Tell me you forgive me for rushing you into so much Danger and Distress. 1851 W. A. Kenyon 71 These thoughts do whirl my frenzied brain;..'Tis this will rush me to the madman's grave. 1897 16 Dec. From a line out here the leather was finely rushed up. 1898 G. B. Shaw You never can Tell in II. 294 They rush him out of the room between them. 1927 U. Sinclair 264 It was our job to rush them supplies. 1935 in A. P. Herbert v. 143 She was rushed to Alton Hospital, where her condition is critical. 1947 29 Oct. 2 Uncle Tom doesn't scurry around to rush us a loan. 1971 28 Mar. 7/5 (advt.) Rush me my..illustrated Guide. 1993 T. Parker (1994) iii. 23 The gunman then made off on foot, and the victim was rushed to hospital. †3. a. To force out of place or position by violent impact; to drive back; to knock down. the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > break to pieces, shatter, or burst c1390 in C. Brown (1924) 183 (MED) Þe ȝates he russchede and al to-Rent, þer Lucifer, þat luþure, lys. c1475 (?c1425) (1984) l. 59 Quen he [sc. a boar] quettus his tusshes, Thenne he betus on þe busshes; All he riues and he russhes Þat þe rote is vnryȝte. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour (Adv.) ii. 404 In the stour sa hardyly He ruschyt with hys chewalry That he ruschyt his fayis ilkane. c1580 ( tr. (1925) I. i. 1769 Thay rushit thair fais sa sturdelly..Thay gart thame remufe furth of that plais. the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > by impact or force > by striking or beating c1440 (?a1400) 1339 (MED) Here wille I suggourne..And seyn..of all his ryche castells rusche doun þe wallez. c1480 (a1400) St. Peter 527 in W. M. Metcalfe (1896) I. 22 Þe hound..schot on symeon..and to þe ȝerde hym vndirnethe Ruschit. 1488 (c1478) Hary (Adv.) (1968–9) iii. l. 193 Hors..rouschede frekis wndyr feit. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun (Nero) iii. l. 333 Conȝhe and rabit bathe he brak, And ruschit wp þe ȝhettis þar. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. (?1560) liii. sig. Liiii A tempest of winde..rusht downe standerdes and tare downe lodgynges. 1597 W. Shakespeare iii. iii. 26 The milde Prince (Taking thy part) hath rushd aside the law. View more context for this quotation a1600 R. Lindsay (1899) II. 39 They ruschit thame rouchlie to the earth. 1635 J. Swan vi. §3. 231 Many hills and buildings have been rushed down by this kinde of earthquake. 1658 G. Swinhoe 28 (stage direct.) They rush open the Gates, part enter, with swords drawn. 1678 G. Mackenzie ii. 468 He thereupon ran and rushed the said Main..to the ground under his feet. 1722 W. Hamilton xi. i. 281 The Graham..Turn'd, kill'd the Knight and rush'd him to the Ground. b. To pull sharply. c1440 (?a1400) 2550 (MED) Redely theis rathe mene rusches owtte swerdez. a1470 T. Malory (Winch. Coll.) 229 Than were they so wroth that away wolde they never, but rathly russhed oute their swerdys and hyttys on their helmys. the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (transitive)] > pull > away > away, out, or off violently 1485 (Caxton) iv. x. sig. gjv Syr Arthur..pulled hym to the erthe, and thenne russhed [a1470 Winch. Coll. raced] of his helme. a1600 Sir Lancelot du Lake 120 in T. Percy (1765) I. 186 He pull'd him downe upon his knee, And rushing off his helm [etc.]. 1905 H. Pyle iii. 217 Sir Tristram ran to him and rushed off his helmet and catched him by the hair with intent to cut his head from off his body. c1400 (?c1390) (1940) l. 2204 (MED) Þene herde he of þat hyȝe hil..a wonder breme noyse..What, hit wharred & whette as water at a mulle; What, hit rusched & ronge, rawþe to here. c1400 (?c1390) (1940) l. 2219 ‘Abyde,’ quoþ on..ȝet he rusched on þat rurde raþely a þrowe & wyth quettyng a-wharf. 5. the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move swiftly and violently the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move swiftly and violently > specifically of things the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)] > quickly c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 783 The hunterys..hereth hym come russhynge [v.r. rossheinge] in the greues. c1440 (?a1400) 2879 (MED) Þe ryche men..Ruschede into þe rowte one ryall stedes..raythely thay rusche with roselde speris. 1488 (c1478) Hary (Adv.) (1968–9) x. l. 355 The worthi Scottis ruschyt on thaim in gret Ire. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour (Adv.) ii. 380 In the stour sa hardyly He ruschyt that all the semble schuk. a1529 J. Skelton (?1530) sig. Ciiv Properly drest,..To russhe it oute, In euery route. c1540 (?a1400) 11951 He russhit vp full radly, raght to his clothes, Soche as happit hym to hent, hade he no wale. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. i. 144 Doing displeasure to the Citizens, By rushing in their houses. View more context for this quotation 1617 F. Moryson i. 151 The wilde Boare rushed upon one of these frames wheeling towards him. 1680 T. Otway i. 3 The desperate savage rusht within my Force. a1771 T. Gray Ess. I in W. Mason (1775) 199 To brave the savage rushing from the wood. 1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee II. 198 Strangely departing from all the civilities of life..[he] would rush from the room. 1856 B. H. Hall (rev. ed.) 365 Leg it, put it, rush it, streak it, Run and worship God. 1862 H. Kingsley I. ix. 110 Then the colt rushed by them..hard held. 1880 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ I. 79 A few minutes later Madame de Férias rushed into her husband's room. 1913 L. L. Hope vii. 67 He was not at all afraid of Danny, even when the bully came rushing at him. 1947 J. Stevenson-Hamilton xii. 83 The little dogs rush in barking, as only such small canines can. 1998 G. Phinn (1999) xiii. 142 I..rushed from the room, thankfully leaving the altercation behind me. the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > proceed rapidly [verb (intransitive)] > hasten or hurry > unduly or recklessly a1530 T. Lupset (1535) sig. B.v Men, that so blyndely rushe forthe in the trayne of a vicious lyuyng, where the soule is so lyttel cared fore. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane f. lxij You rushe forth headlong unaduisedly. 1563 N. Winȝet (1890) II. 13 Rinnand and ruscheand without knaulege quhat thai othir do or say. 1630 W. Prynne 159 Restraine and keepe backe men from rushing presumptuously..in their sinnes. 1726 Bp. J. Butler i. 10 One Man rushes upon certain Ruin for the Gratification of a present Desire. 1782 W. Cowper Conversation in 221 To rush into a fixt eternal state, Out of the very flames of rage and hate. 1832 J. Baxter (ed. 2) 222 The inquiring reader..rushes blindly to the experiment, indifferent to the nature of his soil. 1872 O. W. Holmes vi So many foolish persons are rushing into print. 1920 D. H. Lawrence xvii. 254 Gerald rushed into the reform of the firm, beginning with the office. 1949 90 288/1 History has rightly reprehended those reckless spirits who needlessly rush into tight corners, hot places and tough spots. 1990 E. Kuzwayo 11 The last thing I would want is for you to rush into this union without weighing up the whole matter carefully. 1535 Bel & Dragon i. E Now whan ye kynge sawe, that they russhed in so sore vpon him,..he deliuered Daniel vnto them. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe 87 He rushed upon him like a Jolye Sycophaunte, with slaunders and reproches. 1592 T. Nashe 274 For with none but clownish and roynish ieasts dost thou rush vppon vs. ?1760 S. Haliburton xiii. 40 He breaks your Rest with a Jigg, and rushes on you with all the martial Strains of a Peebruch. 1847 W. M. Thackeray (1848) xvii. 149 All his creditors would have come rushing on him in a body. 1877 Apr. 329 When we first advocated..the truth of ‘the perseverance of the elect’, a swarm of small critics gnashed their teeth, and rushed on us with the cry of ‘Calvinism!’. 1934 E. G. Reid viii. 176 Congressmen were rushing upon him from every quarter and it was difficult to call a moment his own. the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > move swiftly [verb (intransitive)] 1807 Let. 4 June in S. E. Brydges (1813) I. xi. 72 I am in a little bit of a quandary; but as stopping to think does harm, I must rush on again. 1852 M. Arnold 17 We rush by coasts where we had lief remain. 1897 Jan. 250/2 It might be done by leaving the ship at Plymouth, and rushing up to London by the first train. 1916 W. Owen 18 Mar. (1967) 386 I am obliged to rush into Romford for Running Clothes for a Run announced for the 17th. 1933 S. Walker 141 Rumors reached him that stories were being spread that he was dying... It got under his skin and he rushed back to New York. 1976 F. Raphael 23 ‘It's C7, Third Court, St John's. Only I've got to rush.’ ‘I shall be there.’ 2002 L. Purves (2003) xi. 160 In current affairs you are always rushing, stumbling to catch up with yourself. the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > go on hurriedly in speaking 1826 A. M. Porter III. iii. 140 Hetty Macready did not wait for questioning; the flood-gates of her heart and tongue were open, and she rushed on in full tide. ‘Och, darling! [etc.].’ 1849 W. M. Thackeray (1850) I. xvii. 154 ‘My means’, rushed on Smirke, ‘are at present limited, I own.’ 1908 U. Sinclair i. 6 ‘Tell me how you have been,’ she rushed on. 1964 O. A. Bushnell (1975) ii. 277 ‘Never have we seen him take a woman to his bed, never,’ he rushed on in our native tongue. 2002 B. C. Vandervelde xi. 64 Without waiting for a reply, he rushed on, ‘Bill ignored his ankle 'cause he wanted to play.’ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move or cause to move swiftly in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > make (one's way) with a rush 1832 E. C. Brown IV. v. 123 Through the assassins, among the soldiers, she rushed her way to the arms of her father. 1890 G. Gissing I. i. vi. 218 The reckless..spendthrift who had been rushing his way to ruin in London. 1917 Apr. 29/2 The splashes and flurries of spray as he [sc. a trout] rushed his way through the ripples. 2005 S. Ede iii. vii. 143 The artist had to rush her way through a forbidden charnel house, replete with terrible secrets. 6. the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > make hostile approach to 1823 ‘J. Bee’ 102 Rush, when a milling-cove runs in at his opponent, hitting away hard and sharp, his head is more or less low. 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton III. xix. 335 The ruffians saw my escape at hand. ‘Rush the b—— cove! rush him!’ cried the loud voice of one behind. a1834 R. Emmons (1836) iv. i. 28 We'll rush them instantly—prevent it. Your battalions, brother, lead against the English, marshalled in array—break through their ranks, then charge them on the rear. 1889 ‘R. Boldrewood’ xxiii. 265 A single bushranger was rushed by a couple of determined men. 1930 L. G. D. Acland viii. 196 The cook took up his gun and ordered him off, but the man rushed him and the cook shot him dead. 1937 C. Himes Nigger in (1973) 131 He tried to shift the wire to his right hand so he could flay her with it, but she rushed him, clawing and biting. 1998 W. W. Johnstone iii. 28 If a person points a weapon of any kind at you, drop them on the spot. If they rush you en masse, don't hesitate to open fire. society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (transitive)] > occupy by rush of gold-miners 1852 19 June 2/3 Campbell's Hill, has been ‘rushed’ after the fashion of Rose Hill. 1878 I. L. Bird in 5 Oct. 635/2 Even their [sc. Indians'] ‘reservations’ do not escape seizure practically; for if gold should ‘break out’ on them, they are ‘rushed’. 1879 R. J. Atcherley 171 The locality was ‘rushed’ for gold. 1907 8 Aug. 14/2 But, if I showed the gold, I didn't dare to disclose the locality, for I knew a swarm of Chinese were just waiting to rush it. 1973 31 Aug. (Suppl.) 1/1 It was first explored by Hume and Hovell, then opened up by cattlemen, rushed by gold seekers, and finally developed as a prosperous agricultural area. 2006 G. Blainey i. viii. 128 The Barwon at Geelong is said to have changed its colour when Ballarat was rushed for gold. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)] > with a rush the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move or cause to move swiftly in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > make (one's way) with a rush > rush through or over 1860 B. Warner xli. 243 ‘Heard you were out on that charger of yours that rushes his fences so cleverly,’ rejoined the surgeon. 1884 29 Nov. 166/2 In ‘rushing’ the hurdles, men are stationed..to prevent the horses swerving. 1888 W. Besant vii. 188 Most readers like to rush a volume. You cannot rush Jefferies. I defy the most rapid reader to rush Jefferies. 1893 Earl of Dunmore II. 298 The next one [sc. a snow-drift] we came to, the driver thought he could ‘rush’ it. 1920 W. B. Wolf in V. i. xv. 94/1 A battalion of the 60th Infantry rushed the river in a similar manner. 1949 N. der Hagopian xviii. 173 The men didn't care to stay and risk a hand-to-hand combat with an unknown number of assailants, so they rushed the pass, pell-mell. 2007 A. J. Fetzer xii. 210 They rushed the road, and Juan slowed his steps, but didn't offer Salazar any help. society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > take by storm 1863 A. S. Atkinson Jrnl. 29 May in (1960) II. 47 There were two sets of pits (called rifle pits by courtesy) the first were rushed but the Maoris ran & got all away. 1884 4 July 1/2 The Arabs ‘rushed’ the town, putting every man to the sword. 1888 W. Besant 137 Peeresses..occupied every seat, and even ‘rushed’ the reporters' gallery. 1939 23 Aug. 1/2 The shots were fired by Gerald Blowers..after about fifty pickets rushed a milk truck on which he was riding. 1961 P. G. Wodehouse iii. 45 ‘Your sermon was a success, I trust?’ ‘Well, they didn't rush the pulpit.’ 1989 June 8/2 When they staged a shower of gold the audience thought it was real and rushed the stage. 1992 D. F. Gates viii. 116 The suspect is inside, armed and holding people hostage. To rush the bank..and fire will-nilly could be disastrous for everyone. 1911 Dec. 357/2 The slippery turf handicapped the Americans in rushing the net. 1962 H. Gold i. 6 Practicing place shots which will eliminate the need to rush the net. 2007 24 June 40/2 There's another long rally before Young rushes the net again. 7. the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > do, deal with, acquire, etc., quickly [verb (transitive)] 1828 W. Scott 7 Jan. (1941) 170 Cadell rather wishd to rush it out by employing three different presses. 1835 21 Feb. 25/3 Look at the houses that are now building..; they are ‘rushed up any way’, as the phrase goes, and will never stand like the substantial edifices of a former period. 1864 21 Sept. When his name was proposed they rushed it through with a will. 1893 14 Apr. 2/6 There is no disposition to rush business, and caution is being manifested by dealers. 1901 Apr. 210/1 Candida rushed her news. 1949 G. Shurr & R. D. Yocom 5 Head of Developing and Printing at Willoughby's Camera Stores, Inc., who rushed prints and supplies through in record time. 1968 Apr. 170/1 Don't rush the job or you might accidentally drill into the cartop. 2000 20 Sept. 23/7 Universal..is rushing out 250 CDs at a price so vicious it could strim fat off a tenor. the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > cause to move swiftly [verb (transitive)] > excessively 1846 Dec. 545 Visitors are kept in waiting here until a goodly number are collected, when the verger proceeds to pocket the required pence,..and handing you over to ‘another of the same sort’, you are ‘rushed’ through. 1887 S. Smiles 355 While the country boy is allowed to grow up, the city boy is rushed up. 1892 27 Aug. 184 There is no doubt that Cucumbers can be rushed on with heat and moisture. 1947 8 Nov. 6/2 Representative Knutson..announced his intention of rushing the special session with a ‘quickie’ bill for income-tax reduction. 1976 L. Sanders (1977) ix. 79 She laughed and looked up at him. ‘Well, let's not rush it, Loomis.’ 1976 M. Machlin lxi. 517 If you ask me..he's rushing the whole thing and I think that these ULCC'S—these ultra-big tankers—are a mistake. 2002 F. H. Casstevens iv. 55/1 The enemy, warned by telegraph of Hoke's approach, rushed the train back to New Bern. the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > act or do vigorously [verb (intransitive)] > act in spirited manner the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > proceed rapidly [verb (intransitive)] > hasten or hurry 1859 J. R. Bartlett (ed. 2) To Rush it, to do a thing with spirit; as, ‘The old negro is rushing it with his fiddle’. 1939 T. Dixon xliii. 414 They were rushing it with such enthusiasm she asked what was going on. 1879 24 Dec. 2/4 Poor Edwin, who is rushed for time. 1885 4 Jan. 5/2 Is a person, who is rushed for time as all postal and express authorities are during this time of year, likely to be hunting around for letters with ten or fifteen cents in them? 1903 W. B. Yeats 14 Dec. (1994) III. 488 I..fear that if I took the morning train on Thursday from New York I might be a little rushed for time upon my arrival in Montreal. 1946 20 557/2 Many pupils confided that they would cheat or copy another's paper in a pinch or if rushed for time. 2001 P. J. Rosch & C. C. Clark v. 106 I was rushed for time and ate in my car that day. the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > proceed rapidly [verb (intransitive)] > hasten or hurry > have to the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > do, deal with, acquire, etc., quickly [verb (transitive)] > cause to be done rapidly > hasten or hurry > a person 1889 6 508 Nearly all [telegraph operators] are ambitious to send faster than the operator at the receiving station can write it down, or, in other words, to ‘rush’ him. 1938 D. Du Maurier xii. 173 I rushed you into it. I never gave you a chance to think it over. 1966 ‘J. Hackston’ 203 In fact, I rushed her so, that I flabbergasted her, got her rattled. 1972 J. Johnston 141 We can wait till it passes, sir. There's no need to rush yourself. 1973 C. Himes 196 ‘State yo' plan, Charlie Chan—then scram!’ ‘Don't rush me, don't rush me.’ 1995 Mar. 81/1 Don't let a salesperson or anyone else rush you into making a hasty union with a less than perfect boot. 8. Australian. 1834 6 Nov. He came home and reported to Mr Wightman that his Sheep had been rushed by a native dog. 1839 29 ii. 120/2 The blacks had been rushing the cattle. 1883 D. Ferguson 175 When in bed we were asleep The dingoes came and rushed the sheep. 1920 L. Esson 34 Fancy the Jackeroo firing his revolver and rushing the mob like that—it's the dead finish. 1997 J. Kociumbas ii. 30 Here the sheep were watched till sunrise to prevent them from being ‘rushed’ by dingoes. 1998 B. Elder vii. 83 The stockmen..quickly learnt that the Kwiambal were friendly and gentle. They showed no desire to rush the cattle or spear the sheep. the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [verb (intransitive)] > stampede 1838 in G. C. Ingleton (1952) 198 Cattle when much left to themselves, ‘rush’, that is, make off at full gallop to a great distance and into the glens. 1892 ‘R. Boldrewood’ 178 It's a nice treat on a wet night, sitting on your horse soaking wet through..afraid to give the bullocks a chance for fear they'd rush. 1919 9 Jan. 22/3 Sheep are quiet things on the track; but they rush sometimes. 1967 M. Sellars 37 A ringer..is the drover's man who musters the cattle, and keeps them ringing in a circle. Care has to be taken to prevent them rushing. 2008 (Nexis) 19 July 9 Sudden noises in an urban environment could cause the cattle to rush, which could see mobs of cattle stampeding through Mount Isa's CBD [= central business dictrict]. 9. the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > court or woo [verb (transitive)] > by frequent entertainment or dating 1863 G. Hall Let. 30 Aug. in (1937) 12 156/2 Dearest Coz: You wrote in your letter about Charles rushing Het. 1894 Mar. 252 ‘My God, but she looks old!’ he said to himself. ‘Doing dress-making, so sis says. Sort of a come-down since I rushed her.’ 1922 F. S. Fitzgerald ii. i. 144 With one she had gone to New Haven..she had been flattered because ‘Touch down’ Michaud had ‘rushed’ her all evening. 1955 F. A. Collymore 73 Who's the girl your brother's rushing now? 1964 11 Feb. 3 ‘Rushin' the girls’, was the term used then for the coortin', and it was certainly more pithy than the modern insipid ‘going with’. 1979 R. Jaffe (1980) i. vi. 83 He..asked her out for Friday and Saturday... Ken was rushing her. 1993 V. Headley x. 91 T'rough me ah celebrity, don; all type ah gal ah rush me y'know? b. North American College slang. society > leisure > social event > type of social event > [verb (transitive)] > entertain candidate for club 1879 Oct. 26/1 The bi-weekly Dartmouth contains an excellent editorial on ‘chinning’, or as we should say, ‘rushing’ the freshmen to pledge them for societies. 1881 Dec. 51/1 On the days of the entrance examinations the lardedahs of the several fraternities presented themselves at the Alma Mater in order to rush new men. 1924 P. Marks vii. 62 He ought to be a good man for the fraternity... We've got to rush him sure. 1969 27 Sept. (Leisure Mag.) 6/5 One student after being ‘rushed’ by a sorority said, ‘Two rounds of that social guff was enough for me.’ 2007 M. Truman v. 49 The fraternity recruited him aggressively in his sophomore year the way all fraternities rushed star athletes. 1896 July 188 The time when ‘the Freshmen shall rush us instead of our rushing the Freshmen’, is often looked forward to by enthusiastic Greeks as a kind of fraternity millenium. 1931 5 Mar. 21/6 Most revolutionary of the changes incorporated in the new pact is the principle by which the freshmen ‘rush’ the fraternities. 1959 5 Apr. viii. 10/2 The problems that every freshman encounters if she plans to rush a sorority. 1990 22 Mar. 74/2 Eventually Maurice rushed three frats..and was invited to rush several others. 2004 A. Robbins 35 She was just glad to be forming connections with a group of girls, which was the reason she had rushed in the first place. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > croquet > play croquet [verb (transitive)] > types of play or stroke 1868 July 234 At a distance of two or three feet, and on a very level ground the stoke is easy; but to combine strength with it, that is to rush the ball just as far as is intended and no further, requires much practice. 1874 J. D. Heath 14 It is rushed at an angle, instead of in a direct line. 1877 VI. 609/2 When able to rush, the strokes made in taking croquet..should be practised. 1907 Aug. 200 The great error that is committed by those inexperienced in the art of rushing is the fact that they jump over the ball they desire to rush. 1995 S. Boga 51 Run the hoop with red, hitting it hard enough to stop it just behind yellow. Then rush yellow to the second wicket. 11. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > play American football [verb (intransitive)] > actions or manoeuvres 1873 12 Feb. 8/5 In two minutes they equalized matters by rushing the ball through. 1885 7 Nov. 4/7 Williams had rushed the ball within 10 yards of the Tufts goal line. 1893 J. H. Bartlett & J. P. Gifford 209 Amherst then rushed down the field with determination, but Artz stopped them by a fine tackle and the ball went to the ‘green’. 1948 19 Jan. 6/1 The forwards heeled and rushed and tackled and joined in the breaks-away with untiring vigour. 1979 20 Sept. 10 d/7 The Warrior running game hasn't been as effective as McKee would like, having rushed for only 133 yards in the first two games. 2007 M. Oriard i. 10 In just nine seasons Brown rushed for 12,312 yards, averaging 5.2 yards per carry. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > play American football [verb (transitive)] > actions to players 1913 16 Nov. ii. 2/2 Yale did not attempt to rush the kicker as did Princeton. 1921 25 Nov. 14/4 It was astonishing to find this unusually sound and reliable player allowing the Oxford players to rush him before he could get in his kick. 1986 Apr. 17/1 The punter will always be rushed by at least eight men, seeking the bounty which comes from deflecting the ball. 1993 D. Irvin ix. 168 Glenn was the only goalie I can remember who wanted the defence to rush the puck-carrier. 2001 (Nexis) 28 Sept. 19 As the goalkeeper attempted to rush him, he used the outside of his left foot to flick the ball over Filimonov and into the net. 2010 (National ed.) 22 Jan. b11/1 Last year..the Colts ran no zone blitzes—when a defensive lineman drops into coverage while a player who would normally drop back rushed the quarterback. the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle 1875 23 June 99/1 The old lady, therefore, floundered about, and I rushed her for a three-and-six dinner. 1887 J. Payn II. 44 That a fraud had been committed on us was certain, and a fraud of a very clumsy kind... He had ‘rushed us’ as, the phrase goes. 1891 26 May 5/4 With an added 2d it is equivalent in value to the dollar, and..much good sport is to be obtained in America in trying to rush the natives out of that 2d. 1921 M. Sinclair xi. 176 She's no business to rush you for trellis work and water pipes you didn't order. 1951 A. Powell iv. 191 They accepted some of Stringham's sherry; and Brent..said: ‘What do they rush you for this poison?’ The sum was not revealed. 1989 K. Roberts 27 How much did they rush you for this heap? 1967 L. Reed Heroin (song) in (2008) 9 When I put a spike into my vein Then I tell you things aren't quite the same When I'm rushin' on my run And I feel just like Jesus' son. 1972 (U.K. ed.) 7 No. 5. 50/1 She was rushing from the speed they had taken together. 1977 S. Davidson 278 Wow... I'm really rushing! You crying in the bar with Gladys Knight singing and me talking about your soul. 1997 G. Hills in S. Champion 69 I accept the offer even though I don't smoke. It burns like an Olympic torch in my hand for what seems like an age. I'm starting to rush. 2004 in G. St John vii. 157 My first indication that I was rushing was the beat of the bass from the techno began to fill my brain. Phrases1711 A. Pope 36 For Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread. 1756 W. Warburton (ed. 3) ii. 148 But presumptuous man knows not when to stop. He would penetrate even to the Arcana of the Godhead. ‘For Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread.’ 1849 1 May Others again forget themselves and their position, ‘rushing in where angels fear to tread’. 1876 54 Mistakes have also been made by the enthusiastic and inexperienced of the pupils, who have ‘rushed in where angels fear to tread’. 1932 A. Huxley 15 Oct. (1969) 364 The stupid woman is embarking on legal proceedings..she rushes in where angels fear to tread. 1957 ‘Miss Read’ 167 Rushing in where angels fear to tread, I said I thought that Raleigh had something to do with bringing potatoes back from America. 2005 25 Feb. r6/1 The history of Hollywood film is littered with the ungainly residue of those who have rushed in where angels fear to tread. 1800 Ld. Erskine (1812) 7 An attack upon the King is considered to be patricide against the state, and the Jury and the witnesses, and even the Judges, are the children. It is fit, on that account, that there should be a solemn pause before we rush to judgment. a1880 T. T. Stoddart (1898) v. i Let us appoint A nine days grace, my venerable sire, Rather than rush to judgment unadvised. 1890 O. B. Frothingham i. 10 Every institution rushed to judgment. 1971 13 Mar. 19/1 The same athletic commission that rushed to judgment in 1967 by stripping him of his title before he was convicted by any court. 2003 12 Feb. 1/2 Ministers claim the commission should give the reforms time to ‘bed down’ before rushing to judgement. 1826 Jan. 197/1 When I first rode her in it, she attempted all her old tricks.., rushing at her fences, and running her head any where. 1860 B. Warner xli. 243 ‘Heard you were out on that charger of yours that rushes his fences so cleverly,’ rejoined the surgeon. 1922 G. Frankau i. 16 Aliette was not the type of woman who liked rushing her fences, either mentally or on horseback. 1966 13 May 1/7 Britain would not let slip any opportunity in this matter, but there was no question of precipitate action or rushing fences. 1971 A. McCaffrey (1999) ii. 18 One good round to Mrs. Tomlinson's offspring, who did tend to rush her fences, making both horse and rider appear more awkward than necessary. 2004 B. Harvey x. 273 They were determined not to rush their fences and only fly once they were totally happy with their equipment. 1884 20 July 5/1 Why, don't you know what rushing the panicker is? It's rushing the can, that's what it is. 1887 1 Aug. 1/5 Wm. Bradley and John Shea..sat under the shade of a freight car, rushing the growler until they thought they owned the park. 1900 Mar. 76 Rush the bucket for more beer. 1914 S. Lewis xiv. 190 I'll make Tom or Duncan rush us a growler of beer. 1954 L. Armstrong 112 He would..buy everyone in sight a drink. Then he would really rush the can. 1974 1 Oct. iii. 2/2 This one really hot afternoon I rushed the growler a couple of times for a neighborhood whore. 1991 1 Dec. 108/3 The brewpub..has revived an old American custom known as rushing the growler. 1887 C. Reade II. xxiii. 20 She hopes he will be rushed off his legs all day without a pause. 1893 724/1 I must go,..the dining-room girls are rushed off their feet. 1916 E. Fenwick 14 Feb. (1981) 111 Just rushed off my legs the whole day long. 1937 W. H. S. Smith Let. 20 Sept. in (1977) ii. 91 I've been so rushed off my feet that I've not had a moment to do anything except work. 1977 22 Dec. 1/1 Shopkeepers have been rushed off their feet rolling out the barrel at Sainsburys, the Co-op, [etc.]. 1998 (Nexis) 23 June (Suppl.) 10 The tour itinerary is carefully planned to include as much as possible without rushing you off your feet. 2003 C. Birch xxxi. 359 She was rushed off her feet, also getting ready for Georgia's wedding. Phrasal verbs With adverbs in specialized senses. to rush about 1632 J. Vicars tr. Virgil xii. 399 Æneas brave and Turnus with great might Most furiously do rush about and fight. 1727 W. Bowman 37 They swim, they shriek, they talk, they rush about. 1826 S. Smith (1859) II. 81 Our apothecaries rushing about with gargles and tinctures. 1870 ‘A. R. Hope’ (1875) 158 Rushing about collecting their belongings. 1919 J. Thurber 22 Mar. (2002) 28 Rushing about trying to cover the itinerary of ‘Paris in a Week’ in their 3 day leaves. 1997 A. Sivanandan ii. ix. 220 Slow down. You are rushing about like there's no tomorrow. 1851 Nov. 59/2 He rushed around for a few moments, and getting very red in the face, started off in a brisk run after the cab. 1897 ‘M. Twain’ lxvi. 434 People were rushing around seeking friends and rescuing the wounded. 1923 H. Crane 9 May (1965) 134 Of course I have been rushing around to a lot of other agencies. 1970 T. Murphy i. 10 You're rushing around like mad. 1998 A. Taylor xxxv. 241 Norah Coalway was rushing around seeing to everybody's needs except her own. 1898 G. K. Armes Let. 7 Aug. in G. A. Armes (1900) xxxvi. 730 We have been rushed around so lively, and my supply of writing paper was so short.., that it has been impossible for me to write to you before. 1923 H. Crane 6 Feb. (1965) 118 I have been so rushed around with too much society that I have not yet got at the review for your study. 2006 (Nexis) 10 Aug. 1 Nowadays everybody's so rushed around you don't have time to sit back and enjoy. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away suddenly or hastily 1794 Oct. 953/2 Such a general shriek or shout of horror burst forth, as made the Executioner delay his blow, while numbers rushed off in all directions to avoid the sight. 1817 W. Mariner & J. Martin II. xx. 197 If they are not returned, twenty or thirty more will rush off with equal swiftness. 1883 J. A. H. Murray Let. 8 Nov. in K. M. E. Murray (1977) xii. 227 The V.C. had to rush off in a cab. 1914 ‘High Jinks, Jr.’ 22 We rush off shopping. 1965 G. McInnes xii. 216 I..tore out of the room and rushed off to school. 1989 P. Lively ix. 129 You rushed off and left me without a chance to say the most important thing of all. 2005 K. Holden 276 We hugged. ‘See you soon, darl!’ She rushed off to do her hair before the next client. 1882 15 Mar. 87/1 Now, who will seize these new revelations, incidentally dropped above, and rush off a patent on fresh air? 1918 W. Owen 19 Aug. (1967) 569 I rushed off a note in time for this evening's post. 1954 W. Morris (1975) 80 Foley would sit down and rush off a letter. 2000 D. Overbye (2001) ii. x. 139 Albert rushed off a three-page sequel to his first article and submitted it to the Annalen. 1843 tr. F. Bremer 63 The wild hunters were rushing round above. 1865 ‘A. Ward’ ii. i. 125 We are for the time being about as unhappy a lot of maniacs as were ever thrown together. I am one of them. I am rushing round with a glaring eye in search of a box. 1918 Dec. 629/1 The Americans, who are rushing round all the time, seeing things. 1984 J. Kelman v. 236 I'm rushing round getting the fares in quick. 2009 P. Hargreaves i. ii. 20 I..then had to rush round frantically to find a way of responding to the expected flood of replies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  n.1eOEn.2adv.adj.c1380 n.31593v.1a1325 v.2c1380 |
