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rush

1. any annual or perennial plant of the genus Juncus, growing in wet places and typically having grasslike cylindrical leaves and small green or brown flowers: family Juncaceae Many species are used to make baskets
2. any of various similar or related plants, such as the woodrush, scouring rush, and spike-rush
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rush

indicates docility and diffidence. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 177]
Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

RUSH

(language)
An interactive dialect of PL/I, related to CPS, dated about 1966. The name is the abbreviation of "Remote Use of Shared Hardware".

["Introduction to RUSH", Allen-Babcock Computing 1969. Sammet 1969, p.309.]

RUSH

(language)
A high-level language that closely resembles Tcl but aimed to provide substantially faster execution. See An Introduction to the Rush Language. by Adam Sah, Jon Blow, and Brian Dennis (1994).
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Rushing once told the husband of a local woman running for office that he couldn't bring his young children into the polling place because they were wearing T-shirts touting their mom's campaign.
Jonathan Stewart ran for 981 yards, and the Ducks led the Pac-10 in rushing in 2006, averaging 182.2 yards per game.
Rushing, Jones and Rushing will become Managing Directors at USCA.
In the new job, Rushing will partner with the university's assorted departments to help articulate UA's mission and goals consistently through a variety of mediums and implement campaigns to reach specific audiences such as current students, former students and the general public.
7, 1944, near Fredonia, Kentucky, the son of Guy Rushing and Lola May (Rushing) Bush.
Christian McCaffrey, Stanford - 319 rush att., 1,847 rushing yards, 5.8 yards per carry, 8 rush TD, 41 rec., 540 receiving yards, 4 rec.
The First Baptist Church of Brookhaven provided the sacred setting for the March 8, 2008, nuptials of Brittany Lane Coleman and William Richard Rushing Jr.
For example, Navy led the nation in rushing offense in 2003 and went to their first bowl game since 1996.
The Jets have the AFC's top-ranked passing offence and the Bills the AFC's second-best rushing offence.
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