Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RUB'BISH, n. [from rub; properly, that which is rubbed off; but not now used in this limited sense.]

1. Fragments of buildings; broken or imperfect pieces of any structure; ruins. He saw the towns one half in rubbish lie. Dryden.
2. Waste or rejected matter; any thing worthless.
3. Mingled mass; confusion. Arbuthnot.