A street encounter. This is a college word, probably American; though Mr. Henley, referring to the topic of Reform, “feared there would be an ugly rush some of these days.” [See Punch’s cartoon, April 30, 1859.]
1860. As a basis, a Rush tacitly assumes that it is promoting a rivalry that is proper and praiseworthy; that it is the ebullition of an enthusiasm altogether commendable; and that from these considerations it is exteriorally and intrinsically creditable.—Yale Lit. Mag., xxvi. 22 (Oct.).
