noun.
Any plant belonging to the order Juncaceæ, especially a plant of the genus Juncus; also extended to some sedges (Carex), horsetails (Equisetum), and a few other plants.
noun.
A wick. Compare rush-candle.
noun.
Figuratively, anything weak, worthless, or of trivial value; the merest trifle; a straw.
noun.
A small patch of underwood. Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.]
noun.
The lemon-grass or ginger-grass, Andropogon Schœnanthus.
noun.
(See nut-rush, scouring-rush, and wood-rush.)
To gather rushes.
To move or drive forward with impetuosity, violence, or tumultuous rapidity.
To move or act with undue eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; hurry: as, to rush into business or politics.
In foot-ball, to fill the position of a rusher.
To take part in a college rush. See rush, n., 5.
To cause to rush; cause to go swiftly or violently; drive or thrust furiously; hence, to force impetuously or hastily; hurry; overturn.
Specifically In foot-ball, to force by main strength toward the goal of one's opponents: said of the ball.
To secure by rushing.
To cause to hasten; especially, to urge to undue haste; drive; push.