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▪ I. inrush, n.|ˈɪnrʌʃ|
[in adv. 11 d.]
A rushing or pouring in; inflow, influx. lit. and fig.
1817Coleridge Lay Serm. 396 Compelled to hurry forward, like one who crossing the sands at too late an hour finds himself threatened by the inrush of the tide. 1850Kingsley Alt. Locke vii, The ceaseless in-rush of new images. 1866G. Macdonald Ann. Q. Neighb. xx. (1878) 386 Channels opened for the in-rush of truth into your own mind. 1883Mrs. Ritchie Bk. of Sibyls iii. 174 The animated inrush of tourists.
▪ II. † ˌinˈrush, v. Obs.
[in-1.]
intr. To rush in.
1610Holland Camden's Brit. i. 443 The Ocean, ready to inrush upon them. Ibid. 654 The sea with great violence and assault of waters inrushed upon a little region called Keimes. 1773J. Ross Fratricide ii. 17 (MS.) And for the grove by Abel dedicate..The Fiend stalks fast, in-rushes and abides. |