'Nut rush' definitions:

Definition of 'Nut 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 'Nut rush'

From: GCIDE
  • Nut \Nut\ (n[u^]t), n. [OE. nute, note, AS. hnutu; akin to D. noot, G. nuss, OHG. nuz, Icel. hnot, Sw. n["o]t, Dan. n["o]d.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. (Bot.) The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.), consisting of a hard and indehiscent shell inclosing a kernel. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A perforated block (usually a small piece of metal), provided with an internal or female screw thread, used on a bolt, or screw, for tightening or holding something, or for transmitting motion. See Illust. of 1st Bolt. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The tumbler of a gunlock. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Naut.) A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. pl. Testicles. [vulgar slang] [PJC]
  • Check nut, Jam nut, Lock nut, a nut which is screwed up tightly against another nut on the same bolt or screw, in order to prevent accidental unscrewing of the first nut.
  • Nut buoy. See under Buoy.
  • Nut coal, screened coal of a size smaller than stove coal and larger than pea coal; -- called also chestnut coal.
  • Nut crab (Zool.), any leucosoid crab of the genus Ebalia as, Ebalia tuberosa of Europe.
  • Nut grass (Bot.), See nut grass in the vocabulary.
  • Nut lock, a device, as a metal plate bent up at the corners, to prevent a nut from becoming unscrewed, as by jarring.
  • Nut pine. (Bot.) See under Pine.
  • Nut rush (Bot.), a genus of cyperaceous plants (Scleria) having a hard bony achene. Several species are found in the United States and many more in tropical regions.
  • Nut tree, a tree that bears nuts.
  • Nut weevil (Zool.), any species of weevils of the genus Balaninus and other allied genera, which in the larval state live in nuts. [1913 Webster]

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