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rush-grown, a.
[rush n.1]
1. Having the slender tapering form of a rush.
1545R. Ascham Toxoph. (Arb.) 126 Those [shafts] that be lytle brested and big toward the hede called by theyr lyke⁓nesse taperfashion, reshe growne, and of some merrye fellowes bobtayles. 1615Markham Country Contentm. i. i, His tail long, and rush grown, that is big at the setting on, and small downward. Ibid. i. x, An excellent streight and well grown Ground Hazel, being from the bottome to the top finely Rush-grown. 1664Power Exp. Philos. i. 27 With an Annular body like a Wasp,..and conical or rush-grown towards the tayl. 1735Somerville Chase i. 247 His Rush-grown Tail O'er his broad Back bends in an ample Arch. 1828Carr Craven Gloss., Rush-grown, tapering like a rush.
2. Overgrown with rushes.
1777T. Warton Suicide ii, By the brook, that ling'ring laves Yon rush-grown moor with sable waves. 1777Mason Eng. Garden ii. 342 Oft too the coward hare, then only bold.., Will quit her rush-grown form. 1886W. J. Tucker E. Europe 213 The vast rush-grown swamps and verdant pastures of the lordly Theiss. |