Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BOG'-RUSH
BOG'-RUSH, n. [bog and rush.]
- A rush that grows in bogs, the Schœnus. – Pennant.
- A bird, a species of warbler, of the size of a wren, of a testaceous brown color, seen among the bog rushes of Schonen in Sweden. – Pennant.
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