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rushen, a.|ˈrʌʃ(ə)n|
Also 1 riscen, 4 russchen, 8–9 Sc. rashen.
[OE. riscen, f. risc rush n.1 Cf. LG. rüsken.]
Made of rushes, or of a rush.
c1000ælfric Exod. ii. 3 Þa nam heo anne riscenne windel on scipwisan ᵹesceapenne. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. cxxvi. (Bodl. MS.), Of russches beþ russchen vessels made. 1676Doctrine of Devils 39 Tom Thumb with his Rushen Spear. Ibid., Can a Crismer..bind Behemoth with a rushen cord? 1738Chambers Cycl. s.v. Bridge, Rushen Bridge, pont de jonc, is made of large sheaves of rushes growing in marshy grounds. 1792Statist. Acc. Scotl. IV. 395 The straw brechem is now supplanted by the leather collar, the rashen theets by the iron traces. 1833H. Martineau Loom & Lugger ii. v. 87 Allowed to pull rushen seats to pieces. 1864G. W. Dasent Jest & Earnest (1873) II. 215 He..held out to him two fair rushen wands. |