rush² /rush/

1. Any plant of the grasslike marsh-growing genus Juncus
2. A stalk or round stalklike leaf of such a plant
3. Extended to various more or less similar plants (eg bulrush, clubrush, Dutch rush)
4. A rushlight, a rush wick
5. A type of something of no value or importance
6. A rush ring (Shakespeare)

Of rush or rushes

To make or strew with rushes

To gather rushes

rushˈen adjective (archaic)

Made of rushes

rushˈiness noun

rushˈlike adjective

rushˈy adjective

1. Rushlike
2. Full of or made of rushes

rush bearing noun

1. A traditional annual festival in rural N England marked by carrying rushes to strew the local church
2. The day of this festival

rushˈ-bottomed adjective

(of a chair, etc) having a seat made with rushes

rush candle or rushˈlight noun

1. A candle or night-light having a wick of rush-pith
2. A small, feeble light

rushˈ-grown adjective

Overgrown with rushes

rush holder noun

A stand for a rushlight

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