flowering rush | Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

Flowering
·noun The act of adorning with flowers. II. Flowering ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Flower>>. III. Flowerin...

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flowering
The phenomenon observed usually in connection with the spawning of fish, at the distance of four lea...

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Rush
·noun A perfect recitation. II. Rush ·noun The merest trifle; a straw. III. Rush ·noun The act of ...

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Rush
The papyrus (Job 8:11). (See Bulrush.) The expression "branch and rush" in Isa. 9:14; 19:15 means "u...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
rush
I. v. 1) Of cattle: to charge a man.Contraction for to rush-at. 1861. T. McCombie, `Australian Sk...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
Club-rush
·noun A rushlike plant, the reed mace or cat-tail, or some species of the genus Scirpus. ·see <<Bulr...

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Rush-bearing
·noun A kind of rural festival at the dedication of a church, when the parishioners brought rushes t...

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rush-broom
n. Australian name for theindigenous shrub Viminaria denudata, Sm., N.O. Leguminosae. The flowers a...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris