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RUSH . Under the name of rush or rushes, the stalks, or hollow See also:

STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem-like leaves of several See also:

PLANTS

plants have See also:

minor See also:

INDUSTRIAL

industrial applications. The See also:

COMMON

common rushes (See also:

SPECIES

species of Juncus; see See also:

JUNCACEAE (rush family)

JUNCACEAE) are used in many parts of the See also:

WORLD

world for See also:

CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair-bottoms, mats and See also:

BASKET

basket-See also:

WORK

work, and the See also:

PITH (O.E. pitca, cognate with Du. pit, kernel of a nut)

pith serves as wicks in open oil-lamps and for See also:

TALLOW (M.E. talugh, talg, cf. Du. talk, L. Ger. talg ; the connexion with O.E. taelg, dye, or Goth, tulgus, firm, is doubtful)

tallow candles—whence rushlight. The fibrous stems and leaves of the See also:

BULRUSH

bulrush or See also:

reed-See also:

MACE (Fr. masse, O. Fr. mace, connected with Lat.'ntateola, a mallet)

mace. Typha angustifolia, are used in N. See also:

India for See also:

ROPES, JOHN CODMAN (1836–1899)

ropes, mats and baskets. Scirpus and other See also:

CYPERACEAE

Cyperaceae are used for chair-bottoms, mats and See also:

THATCH (O.E. thaec; the word is common to many Teutonic languages in the sense of " roof," " cover "; cf. Du. dak, Ger. Dach; from Du. dekken comes " deck "; the Indo-European root is stag, whence Gr. or.yos, roof, Lat. tegere, to cover; the French equiva

thatch; the rush mats of See also:

MADRAS

Madras are made from a species of Cyperus. The sweet-rush, yielding essential oil, is a grass, Andropogon Schoenanthus, known also as See also:

lemon grass. Large quantities of the " See also:

HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse-tail," Equisetum hie-male, are used under the name of Dutch or scouring rush for scouring See also:

metal and other hard surfaces on See also:

account of the large proportion of See also:

SILICA

silica the plant contains. Flowering rush is Butomus umbellatus (see See also:

ALISMACEAE (from the Gr. a us,aa, a water-plant.mentioned by Dioscorides)

ALISMACEAE); See also:

wood-rush is the common name for Luzula (see JUNCACEAE). Acorus Calamus, sweet-See also:

FLAG (or " FLAGGE," a common Teutonic word in this sense, but apparently first recorded in English)

flag, is also known as sweet-rush.

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