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▪ I. onrush, n.|ˈɒnrʌʃ|
[f. on-1 4 + rush n.]
The act of rushing on; impetuous onward movement.
1844Fraser's Mag. XXX. 179/2 Another hurrah and onrush made the enemy throw down their arms. 1856Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh i. 970 In that first onrush of life's chariot-wheels. 1891G. F. X. Griffith tr. Fouard's Christ the Son of God I. 272 The mighty on-rush of the waters.
▪ II. onˈrush, v. poet.
[f. on-1 + rush v.2]
intr. To rush on. So onrushing vbl. n.
1861A. T. de Vere Sisters 71 One through deserts drear On rushing in that race distraught. 1875W. Morris tr. Virgil's Aeneids xii. 652 Saces on his foaming steed..onrusheth to the place. 1882A. T. de Vere Foray of Queen Meave 169, I hear the on-rushing of the car! 1887W. Morris tr. Homer's Odyssey II. xv. 276 Grey-eyed Athene sent them a wind that blew aright through the lift on-rushing fiercely. |