Rŭb'bish, n.

n. [From rub; properly, that which is rubbed off, but not now used in so limited a sense.] Waste or rejected matter; any thing worthless; a mass or heap of good-for-nothing things; valueless stuff, especially, fragments of fallen buildings; ruins; debris.

What heaps of rubbish, and what offal! Shak.

He saw the towns one half in rubbish lie. Dryden.