bulrushn.

Brit.

/ˈbʊlrʌʃ/, U.S.

/ˈbʊlˌrəʃ/

Forms: Also Middle English bolroysche, Middle English–1500s bul(l)- rysche, -rissh, -rysshe, 1500s–1700s bullrush.

Etymology: < bull of uncertain origin (identified by some with bole n.¹, compare bulaxe , bole-axe (bole-ax n.); by others supposed to be an attributive use of bull n.¹) + rush n.¹ (The suggestion ‘pool-rush’ is baseless.)

1. A name applied in books to Scirpus lacustris, a tall rush growing in or near water; but in modern popular use, more usually, to Typha latifolia, the ‘Cat's Tail’ or ‘Reed-mace’. In the Bible applied to the Papyrus of Egypt.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > bulrush or club-rush

bulrushc1440

holrushc1440

glagol1480

cat's tail1548

reedmace1548

Typha1548

sun's brow1567

marsh beetle1578

marsh pestle1578

mat-rush1578

pole rush1578

water torch1578

water cat's-tail1597

ditch-down1611

doda1661

club-rush1677

deer-hair1777

club-grass1787

draw-ling1795

raupo1823

tule1837

boulder1847

blackheads1850

cat-o'-nine-tails1858

flax-tail1861

bull-sedge1879

mace reed1901

totora1936

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 244 Holrysche or bulrysche, papirus.

1483 Act 1 Rich. III viii. Preamb. Dyers..upon the Lists of the same Clothes festen and sowe great Risshes, called Bullrisshes.

?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 785 Hec papirus, bolroysche.

1611 Bible (King James) Exod. ii. 3 She tooke for him an arke of bul-rushes .

1652 N. Culpeper Eng. Physitian Enlarged 191 The Bul-rushes and others of the soft and smooth kindes.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xiii. 158 There are many other plants very nearly allied to them [sc. grasses]; as..Club-rush or Bulrush.

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 46 Nodding bulrush down its drowk head hings.

1867 F. Parkman Jesuits in N. Amer. xvi. 215 A dense growth of tall bulrushes.

2. figurative. In allusion to the fragility of the bulrush, or its delusive appearance of strength.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [noun] > weak substance or thing

butterflyc1390

lath1633

bulrush1646

matchstick1791

pack of cards1855

bandbox1875

1646 J. Hall Horæ Vacivæ 37 We leane on the bulrush of our oune merits.

a1663 J. Bramhall Vindic. Himself (1672) i. 12 Compare those..Fellows, and Scholars, who were turned out of our Universities, with those Bulrushes in comparison, whom for the most part they introduced.

1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic II. iii. v. 291 To wield so slight a bulrush against the man who had just been girded with the consecrated..sword of the Pope.

3. Phrases. to bow the head like a bulrush, in allusion to Isaiah lviii. 8. †to seek (find) a knot in a bulrush, Latin nodum in scirpo quærere, to find difficulties where there are none. So sarcastically, †to take away every knot in the bulrush.

ΚΠ

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 436 Myne opposed adversary will seeke after a knott in a Bullrush as the Proverbe is.

1611 Bible (King James) Isa. lviii. 8 Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush ?

1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 199 The Schools did presume to have taken away every knot in the Bulrush.

1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women II. xi. 241 Do we wish you..to hang your heads like a bulrush?

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

bulrush-bed n.

ΚΠ

1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses v. 66 Then on a Bulrush-bed himself he laid.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Morte d'Arthur in Poems (new ed.) II. 10 Sir Bedivere..plunged Among the bulrush-beds, and clutch'd the sword.

bulrush-bridge n.

ΚΠ

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Bulrush Bridge (in the Art of War) a Bridge made of many bundles of Bullrushes bound together and cover'd with Planks.

bulrush-cradle n.

ΚΠ

a1628 N. Carpenter Achitophel (1629) 27 Whence could Moses haue better deriued his greatnesse..than from the bulrush cradle?

bulrush-fetter n.

ΚΠ

1650 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans 85 Shal straw, And bul-rush-fetters temper his short hour?

bulrush-hurdle n.

ΚΠ

1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 916 They then dry it [the wax] on a bul-rush hurdle by day and by night in the open air.

C2.

bulrush-like adv.

ΚΠ

1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer i. 1250 To shake the head, or hang it Bul~rush-like.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bulrush
释义	bulrushn. Brit. /ˈbʊlrʌʃ/, U.S. /ˈbʊlˌrəʃ/ Forms: Also Middle English bolroysche, Middle English–1500s bul(l)- rysche, -rissh, -rysshe, 1500s–1700s bullrush. Etymology: < bull of uncertain origin (identified by some with bole n.¹, compare bulaxe , bole-axe (bole-ax n.); by others supposed to be an attributive use of bull n.¹) + rush n.¹ (The suggestion ‘pool-rush’ is baseless.) 1. A name applied in books to Scirpus lacustris, a tall rush growing in or near water; but in modern popular use, more usually, to Typha latifolia, the ‘Cat's Tail’ or ‘Reed-mace’. In the Bible applied to the Papyrus of Egypt. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > bulrush or club-rush bulrushc1440 holrushc1440 glagol1480 cat's tail1548 reedmace1548 Typha1548 sun's brow1567 marsh beetle1578 marsh pestle1578 mat-rush1578 pole rush1578 water torch1578 water cat's-tail1597 ditch-down1611 doda1661 club-rush1677 deer-hair1777 club-grass1787 draw-ling1795 raupo1823 tule1837 boulder1847 blackheads1850 cat-o'-nine-tails1858 flax-tail1861 bull-sedge1879 mace reed1901 totora1936 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 244 Holrysche or bulrysche, papirus. 1483 Act 1 Rich. III viii. Preamb. Dyers..upon the Lists of the same Clothes festen and sowe great Risshes, called Bullrisshes. ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 785 Hec papirus, bolroysche. 1611 Bible (King James) Exod. ii. 3 She tooke for him an arke of bul-rushes . View more context for this quotation 1652 N. Culpeper Eng. Physitian Enlarged 191 The Bul-rushes and others of the soft and smooth kindes. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xiii. 158 There are many other plants very nearly allied to them [sc. grasses]; as..Club-rush or Bulrush. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 46 Nodding bulrush down its drowk head hings. 1867 F. Parkman Jesuits in N. Amer. xvi. 215 A dense growth of tall bulrushes. 2. figurative. In allusion to the fragility of the bulrush, or its delusive appearance of strength. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [noun] > weak substance or thing butterflyc1390 lath1633 bulrush1646 matchstick1791 pack of cards1855 bandbox1875 1646 J. Hall Horæ Vacivæ 37 We leane on the bulrush of our oune merits. a1663 J. Bramhall Vindic. Himself (1672) i. 12 Compare those..Fellows, and Scholars, who were turned out of our Universities, with those Bulrushes in comparison, whom for the most part they introduced. 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic II. iii. v. 291 To wield so slight a bulrush against the man who had just been girded with the consecrated..sword of the Pope. 3. Phrases. to bow the head like a bulrush, in allusion to Isaiah lviii. 8. †to seek (find) a knot in a bulrush, Latin nodum in scirpo quærere, to find difficulties where there are none. So sarcastically, †to take away every knot in the bulrush. ΚΠ 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 436 Myne opposed adversary will seeke after a knott in a Bullrush as the Proverbe is. 1611 Bible (King James) Isa. lviii. 8 Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush ? View more context for this quotation 1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 199 The Schools did presume to have taken away every knot in the Bulrush. 1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women II. xi. 241 Do we wish you..to hang your heads like a bulrush? Compounds C1. General attributive. bulrush-bed n. ΚΠ 1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses v. 66 Then on a Bulrush-bed himself he laid. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Morte d'Arthur in Poems (new ed.) II. 10 Sir Bedivere..plunged Among the bulrush-beds, and clutch'd the sword. bulrush-bridge n. ΚΠ 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Bulrush Bridge (in the Art of War) a Bridge made of many bundles of Bullrushes bound together and cover'd with Planks. bulrush-cradle n. ΚΠ a1628 N. Carpenter Achitophel (1629) 27 Whence could Moses haue better deriued his greatnesse..than from the bulrush cradle? bulrush-fetter n. ΚΠ 1650 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans 85 Shal straw, And bul-rush-fetters temper his short hour? bulrush-hurdle n. ΚΠ 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 916 They then dry it [the wax] on a bul-rush hurdle by day and by night in the open air. C2. bulrush-like adv. ΚΠ 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer i. 1250 To shake the head, or hang it Bul~rush-like. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1440
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