Fools rush in where angels fear to tread

Pope, E ay on Criticism, 1. 625. 3. In foot - ball, to fill the position of a rusher. In rushing, as well as in following or heading off, when the "backs" or "half-backs" come together, the front lines get the most shocks. Sci. Amer., N. S., LIX. 304. There was a slight boom in the mining market, and a bit of a rush on American rails. Nineteenth Century , XXVI. 854. 3. In foot - ball , a play by which one of the contestants forces his way with the ball through the line of his opponents toward their goal.-4. A very succe ful pa ing of an examination, or a correct recitation. [College slang, U. S.] -5. A scrimmage between cla es or bodies of students, such as occurs at some American colleges. [U.S.] -6. Extreme urgency of affairs; urgent pre ure; such a quantity or quality of anything as to cause extraordinary effort or haste: as, a rush of busine . [Colloq.] 7. A stampede, as of cattle, horses, etc. [Australian.] As they discu the evening meal they discu also the likelihood of a quiet camp or a rush of it. A. C. Grant , Bush Life in Queensland, II. 124. 8. A company; a flock or flight, as of birds. The wild-fowler's and sportsman's terms for companies of various birds are as under:- Of Dunbirds, a "flight," or " rush . ” W. W. Greener, The Gun, p. 533. 9. In mining or blasting , same as spire .-10. A feast or merrymaking. Hall i well . [Prov.Eng.] - Cane-rush, a rush between the freshmen and sophomores of an American college or academy for the po e ion of a cane, carried in defiance of custom by one of the freshmen. That cla wins which, after a given time, has po e ion of the cane, or has the larger number of men with their hands on it. Rush of blood to (the head, etc.), sudden hyperemia of. rush-bearing (rush'bar"ing), n . A country wake or feast of dedication, when the parishioners strew the church with rushes and sweet smelling flowers; also, the day of the festival, and the rushes and flowers themselves. [Prov. Eng.] In West more land, Lancashire, and districts of Yorkshire, there is still celebrated between hay-making and harvest a village fête called the Rush - bearing .