'Bog rush' definitions:

Definition of 'Bog rush'

From: GCIDE
  • Rush \Rush\, n. [OE. rusche, rische, resche, AS. risce, akin to LG. rusk, risch, D. & G. rusch; all probably fr. L. ruscum butcher's broom; akin to Goth. raus reed, G. rohr.]
  • 1. (Bot.) A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Some species are used in bottoming chairs and plaiting mats, and the pith is used in some places for wicks to lamps and rushlights. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The merest trifle; a straw. [1913 Webster]
  • John Bull's friendship is not worth a rush. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
  • Bog rush. See under Bog.
  • Club rush, any rush of the genus Scirpus.
  • Flowering rush. See under Flowering.
  • Nut rush (a) Any plant of the genus Scleria, rushlike plants with hard nutlike fruits. (b) A name for several species of Cyperus having tuberous roots.
  • Rush broom, an Australian leguminous plant ({Viminaria denudata}), having long, slender branches. Also, the Spanish broom. See under Spanish.
  • Rush candle, See under Candle.
  • Rush grass, any grass of the genus Vilfa, grasses with wiry stems and one-flowered spikelets.
  • Rush toad (Zool.), the natterjack.
  • Scouring rush. (Bot.) Same as Dutch rush, under Dutch.
  • Spike rush, any rushlike plant of the genus Eleocharis, in which the flowers grow in dense spikes.
  • Sweet rush, a sweet-scented grass of Arabia, etc. (Andropogon schoenanthus), used in Oriental medical practice.
  • Wood rush, any plant of the genus Luzula, which differs in some technical characters from Juncus. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bog rush'

From: GCIDE
  • bog \bog\ (b[o^]g), n. [Ir. & Gael. bog soft, tender, moist: cf. Ir. bogach bog, moor, marsh, Gael. bogan quagmire.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to sink; a marsh; a morass. [1913 Webster]
  • Appalled with thoughts of bog, or caverned pit, Of treacherous earth, subsiding where they tread. --R. Jago. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp. [Local, U. S.] [1913 Webster]
  • Bog bean. See Buck bean.
  • Bog bumper (bump, to make a loud noise), Bog blitter, Bog bluiter, Bog jumper, the bittern. [Prov.]
  • Bog butter, a hydrocarbon of butterlike consistence found in the peat bogs of Ireland.
  • Bog earth (Min.), a soil composed for the most part of silex and partially decomposed vegetable fiber. --P. Cyc.
  • Bog moss. (Bot.) Same as Sphagnum.
  • Bog myrtle (Bot.), the sweet gale.
  • Bog ore. (Min.) (a) An ore of iron found in boggy or swampy land; a variety of brown iron ore, or limonite. (b) Bog manganese, the hydrated peroxide of manganese.
  • Bog rush (Bot.), any rush growing in bogs; saw grass.
  • Bog spavin. See under Spavin. [1913 Webster]