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downrush

verb

Etymology

From down- + rush.

  1. derived from rehusser
  2. derived from russhen — “to force back”
  3. derived from *(o)rewə-✻ — “to drive, move, agitate”
  4. derived from *rūsōną✻ — “to be cruel, storm, rush”
  5. derived from *rūskōną✻ — “to rush, storm, be fierce, be cruel”
  6. derived from ruschen — “to rush”
  7. derived from *ḱers-✻ — “to run, hurry”
  8. inherited from *hurskijaną✻ — “to startle, drive”
  9. inherited from *hurskijan✻
  10. inherited from hrysċan — “to jolt, startle”
  11. inherited from ruschen
  12. prefixed as downrush — “down + rush”

Definitions

  1. To rush down

    To rush down; rush downward.

    • [...] For there is death in the sound of it, and a glamorous fatality, like silver pennons downrushing at sunset, or a dying fall of horns along the road to Roncevaux.

  2. A rushing down.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA