rushlightn.

Brit.

/ˈrʌʃlʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈrəʃˌlaɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rush n.¹, light n.¹

Etymology: < rush n.¹ + light n.¹ Compare earlier rush candle n.

a. figurative and in figurative contexts. Something considered to be similar to the weak light of a burning rush; something weak, feeble, or insignificant. Also with reference to a person. Cf. rush candle n. 2. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little importance or trivial

gnatc1000

ball play?c1225

smalla1250

triflec1290

fly1297

child's gamec1380

motec1390

mitec1400

child's playc1405

trufferyc1429

toyc1450

curiosity1474

fly-winga1500

neither mass nor matins1528

boys' play1538

nugament1543

knack?1544

fable1552

nincety-fincety1566

mouse1584

molehill1590

coot1594

scoff1594

nidgery1611

pin matter1611

triviality1611

minuity1612

feathera1616

fillip1621

rattle1622

fiddlesticka1625

apex1625

rush candle1628

punctilio1631

rushlight1635

notchet1637

peppercorn1638

petty John1640

emptiness1646

fool-fangle1647

nonny-no1652

crepundian1655

fly-biting1659

pushpin1660

whinny-whanny1673

whiffle1680

straw1692

two and a plack1692

fiddle1695

trivial1715

barley-strawa1721

nothingism1742

curse1763

nihility1765

minutia1782

bee's knee1797

minutiae1797

niff-naff1808

playwork1824

floccinaucity1829

trivialism1830

chicken feed1834

nonsensical1842

meemaw1862

infinitesimality1867

pinfall1868

fidfad1875

flummadiddle1882

quantité négligeable1885

quotidian1902

pipsqueak1905

hickey1909

piddle1910

cream puff1920

squat1934

administrivia1937

chickenshit1938

cream puff1938

diddly-squat1963

non-issue1965

Tinkertoy1972

1635 W. Barriffe Mil. Discipline lxxi. 187 So you be pleased to favour me with your better opinions; neither rashly condemning me of prodigalitie..nor too suddenly accusing my simplicitie, for preferring my rush-light before the Sunne; when others suffer their Torches to burne out in darke lanternes.

1652 J. Graunt Shipwrack of All False Churches 14 Oh Doctour, for you, to compare your hay, wood, and stubble, with the purity and excellency of this Churches mettle, which is Gods building, it will even so eclipse your rush light, and split your hulk, and shipwrack your bark for ever.

1829 T. Carlyle in Foreign Rev. Jan. 419 A lamp or rushlight of understanding.

1866 Yale Lit. Mag. Apr. 229 Peters told him that good scholars were looked upon here as mere rush-lights.

1893 F. F. Moore I forbid Banns xxxiv You have spoken according to your lights, I daresay; but such lights as yours are rush-lights, Mr. Hardy.

1911 M. Moore Let. 5 July in Sel. Lett. (1997) 89 Everything we have seen is a rush light in comparison.

1960 R. Davies Voice from Attic i. 30 They explore the vast caverns of the creator's spirit with no illumination save the smoky and fitful rushlight of their own critical intelligence.

b. literal. = rush candle n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > made from animal fat > made from rushes dipped in fat

seave14..

rusha1475

rush candle1547

rushlight1637

1637 T. Heywood Pleasant Dialogues & Dramma's 65 With a snuffe halfe burnt within the sockit, Or dry rush light, keepe wakefull his faint eies.

1692 W. Walsh Lett. & Poems 52 Madam, by a Rush-light as plain as can be, You may discern who does the Weapon sway.

1710 London Gaz. No. 4673/2 Small Rush Lights once dipped or drawn through Grease, or Kitchin Stuff.

a1764 R. Lloyd Tale in Poet. Wks. (1774) I. 78 As rushlights in a spacious room, Just burn enough to form a gloom.

1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) II. xxv. 409 A single candle, not more vivid than the rush-light which glimmers in the peasant's cottage.

1856 Orr's Circle Sci.: Pract. Chem. 451 The rush~lights that are sold in London vary from ten to eighteen in the pound.

1888 A. Jessopp Coming of Friars ii. 89 Why should he burn a rushlight when there was nothing to look at?

1909 Chatterbox 335/1 He lighted a rushlight with a tinder-box.

1967 S. Marshall Fenland Chron. i. v. 51 O' course, many a house ha'n't no other light on'y a rushlight as the woman had made herself, or at the best a candle.

2002 R. Murphy Kick (2003) 64 Chris..set about discovering from very old people how to make candles and rushlights.

2. As a mass noun. The light of a rush candle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > artificial light > [noun] > candlelight > from a rush-candle

rushlight1796

1796 Gentleman's Diary No. 56 19/2 Friend Oliver to learning prone, Who has most authors made his own, May trace by rushlight science pure, Heedless of office or sinecure.

1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. vi. 91 The next day commenced as before, getting up and dressing by rushlight.

1885 J. Ruskin On Old Road I. 500 It was the aim of Rembrandt to paint the foulest things he could see—by rushlight.

1939 J. Brophy Gentleman of Stratford xii. 213 Nine prisoners were here, five of them dicing by rush-light.

1985 D. Powell Tom Paine i. 4 In the rushlight of the upstairs room, Frances held her son.

1996 N. Ní Dhomhnaill in T. O'Connor Comic Trad. Irish Women Writers i. 12 All that was left of aboriginal literary activity was a few lonely scribes working by rushlight.

Compounds

General attributive (literal and figurative), as rushlight box, rushlight candle, rushlight holder, rushlight life, rushlight love, rushlight shade, etc.

ΚΠ

1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius No. 14 64 The late Bishop of Bristol..found him in his Lodgings by a little starving Fire, with a Rush light Candle before him.

1754 S. Bowden Poems Var. Subj. 85 A tinder-box of look obscure, With all its houshold furniture, Hangs near the rush-light candles ty'd, Eternal neighbours, side by side.

1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. xii. 181 The little circles of light which the reflection of the rushlight-shade threw upon the ceiling.

1863 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 104 It was a great day in my rushlight life.

1934 L. B. Lyon White Hare 34 And dowsed in dark Their little rush-light love.

1955 G. Stevens In Canad. Attic 23 Light for domestic purposes was first supplied by the campfires; next came the rushlight holder.

1969 E. H. Pinto Treen 123 Rush-light boxes. These containers..usually of oak or mahogany and mostly dating from the 18th century, are rare and seldom identified correctly.

1999 National Trust Mag. Spring 15/2 She correctly identified the mystery object as a rushnip, a rushlight holder.

Derivatives

ˈrushlighted adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [adjective] > lit by specific type of candles

tapered1747

rushlighted1860

1860 Ld. Lytton Lucile ii. v. 277 Who thinks Of her own meagre, rushlighted chamber.

1880 E. H. Dering Freville Chase I. xi. 295 Charlotte Wilcox..returned into the rush-lighted room.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rushlight
释义	rushlightn. Brit. /ˈrʌʃlʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈrəʃˌlaɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rush n.¹, light n.¹ Etymology: < rush n.¹ + light n.¹ Compare earlier rush candle n. 1. a. figurative and in figurative contexts. Something considered to be similar to the weak light of a burning rush; something weak, feeble, or insignificant. Also with reference to a person. Cf. rush candle n. 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little importance or trivial gnatc1000 ball play?c1225 smalla1250 triflec1290 fly1297 child's gamec1380 motec1390 mitec1400 child's playc1405 trufferyc1429 toyc1450 curiosity1474 fly-winga1500 neither mass nor matins1528 boys' play1538 nugament1543 knack?1544 fable1552 nincety-fincety1566 mouse1584 molehill1590 coot1594 scoff1594 nidgery1611 pin matter1611 triviality1611 minuity1612 feathera1616 fillip1621 rattle1622 fiddlesticka1625 apex1625 rush candle1628 punctilio1631 rushlight1635 notchet1637 peppercorn1638 petty John1640 emptiness1646 fool-fangle1647 nonny-no1652 crepundian1655 fly-biting1659 pushpin1660 whinny-whanny1673 whiffle1680 straw1692 two and a plack1692 fiddle1695 trivial1715 barley-strawa1721 nothingism1742 curse1763 nihility1765 minutia1782 bee's knee1797 minutiae1797 niff-naff1808 playwork1824 floccinaucity1829 trivialism1830 chicken feed1834 nonsensical1842 meemaw1862 infinitesimality1867 pinfall1868 fidfad1875 flummadiddle1882 quantité négligeable1885 quotidian1902 pipsqueak1905 hickey1909 piddle1910 cream puff1920 squat1934 administrivia1937 chickenshit1938 cream puff1938 diddly-squat1963 non-issue1965 Tinkertoy1972 1635 W. Barriffe Mil. Discipline lxxi. 187 So you be pleased to favour me with your better opinions; neither rashly condemning me of prodigalitie..nor too suddenly accusing my simplicitie, for preferring my rush-light before the Sunne; when others suffer their Torches to burne out in darke lanternes. 1652 J. Graunt Shipwrack of All False Churches 14 Oh Doctour, for you, to compare your hay, wood, and stubble, with the purity and excellency of this Churches mettle, which is Gods building, it will even so eclipse your rush light, and split your hulk, and shipwrack your bark for ever. 1829 T. Carlyle in Foreign Rev. Jan. 419 A lamp or rushlight of understanding. 1866 Yale Lit. Mag. Apr. 229 Peters told him that good scholars were looked upon here as mere rush-lights. 1893 F. F. Moore I forbid Banns xxxiv You have spoken according to your lights, I daresay; but such lights as yours are rush-lights, Mr. Hardy. 1911 M. Moore Let. 5 July in Sel. Lett. (1997) 89 Everything we have seen is a rush light in comparison. 1960 R. Davies Voice from Attic i. 30 They explore the vast caverns of the creator's spirit with no illumination save the smoky and fitful rushlight of their own critical intelligence. b. literal. = rush candle n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > made from animal fat > made from rushes dipped in fat seave14.. rusha1475 rush candle1547 rushlight1637 1637 T. Heywood Pleasant Dialogues & Dramma's 65 With a snuffe halfe burnt within the sockit, Or dry rush light, keepe wakefull his faint eies. 1692 W. Walsh Lett. & Poems 52 Madam, by a Rush-light as plain as can be, You may discern who does the Weapon sway. 1710 London Gaz. No. 4673/2 Small Rush Lights once dipped or drawn through Grease, or Kitchin Stuff. a1764 R. Lloyd Tale in Poet. Wks. (1774) I. 78 As rushlights in a spacious room, Just burn enough to form a gloom. 1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) II. xxv. 409 A single candle, not more vivid than the rush-light which glimmers in the peasant's cottage. 1856 Orr's Circle Sci.: Pract. Chem. 451 The rush~lights that are sold in London vary from ten to eighteen in the pound. 1888 A. Jessopp Coming of Friars ii. 89 Why should he burn a rushlight when there was nothing to look at? 1909 Chatterbox 335/1 He lighted a rushlight with a tinder-box. 1967 S. Marshall Fenland Chron. i. v. 51 O' course, many a house ha'n't no other light on'y a rushlight as the woman had made herself, or at the best a candle. 2002 R. Murphy Kick (2003) 64 Chris..set about discovering from very old people how to make candles and rushlights. 2. As a mass noun. The light of a rush candle. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > [noun] > candlelight > from a rush-candle rushlight1796 1796 Gentleman's Diary No. 56 19/2 Friend Oliver to learning prone, Who has most authors made his own, May trace by rushlight science pure, Heedless of office or sinecure. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. vi. 91 The next day commenced as before, getting up and dressing by rushlight. 1885 J. Ruskin On Old Road I. 500 It was the aim of Rembrandt to paint the foulest things he could see—by rushlight. 1939 J. Brophy Gentleman of Stratford xii. 213 Nine prisoners were here, five of them dicing by rush-light. 1985 D. Powell Tom Paine i. 4 In the rushlight of the upstairs room, Frances held her son. 1996 N. Ní Dhomhnaill in T. O'Connor Comic Trad. Irish Women Writers i. 12 All that was left of aboriginal literary activity was a few lonely scribes working by rushlight. Compounds General attributive (literal and figurative), as rushlight box, rushlight candle, rushlight holder, rushlight life, rushlight love, rushlight shade, etc. ΚΠ 1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius No. 14 64 The late Bishop of Bristol..found him in his Lodgings by a little starving Fire, with a Rush light Candle before him. 1754 S. Bowden Poems Var. Subj. 85 A tinder-box of look obscure, With all its houshold furniture, Hangs near the rush-light candles ty'd, Eternal neighbours, side by side. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. xii. 181 The little circles of light which the reflection of the rushlight-shade threw upon the ceiling. 1863 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 104 It was a great day in my rushlight life. 1934 L. B. Lyon White Hare 34 And dowsed in dark Their little rush-light love. 1955 G. Stevens In Canad. Attic 23 Light for domestic purposes was first supplied by the campfires; next came the rushlight holder. 1969 E. H. Pinto Treen 123 Rush-light boxes. These containers..usually of oak or mahogany and mostly dating from the 18th century, are rare and seldom identified correctly. 1999 National Trust Mag. Spring 15/2 She correctly identified the mystery object as a rushnip, a rushlight holder. Derivatives ˈrushlighted adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [adjective] > lit by specific type of candles tapered1747 rushlighted1860 1860 Ld. Lytton Lucile ii. v. 277 Who thinks Of her own meagre, rushlighted chamber. 1880 E. H. Dering Freville Chase I. xi. 295 Charlotte Wilcox..returned into the rush-lighted room. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1635
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