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# rushen

adjective, old word (made of rushes); here used as a name

«rushen» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

Made of rushes, the tough stalks of marsh plants; here it is the name of a girl who wears a coat of rushes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/R/rushen/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer used; today we say made of rushes. Here it is used as a nickname, not as an ordinary adjective.

### Examples

- "But what will become of the dinner?" said Rushen Coatie. (More English Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/R/rushen/#x1)
- So they called her Rushen Coatie, and made her sit in the kitchen nook, amid the ashes. (More English Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/R/rushen/#x2)
- The daughter soon found out that the red calf gave food to Rushen Coatie, and told her mother. (More English Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/R/rushen/#x3)

### Note

Today: made of rushes.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «rushen» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/R/rushen/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rushen» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/rushen.html) on Mova free.