tushing
present participle of tush
• Gutnish, husting, unsight
Source: Wiktionary
Tush, interj.
Definition: An exclamation indicating check, rebuke, or contempt; as, tush, tush! do not speak of it. Tush, say they, how should God perceive it Bk. of Com. Prayer (Ps. lxxiii. 11).
Tush, n. Etym: [OE. tusch, AS. tusc; akin to OFries. tusk, tusch, and probably to AS. toedh tooth. See Tooth, and cf. Tusk.]
Definition: A long, pointed tooth; a tusk; -- applied especially to certain teeth of horses.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 December 2024
(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
