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furze (fʉrz)

noun

a prickly evergreen shrub (Ulex europaeus) of the pea family, with dark-green spines and yellow flowers, native to European wastelands; gorse; whin

Etymology: ME firs < OE fyrs < IE base *pūro-, cereal > Czech pýr, couch grass

furze Related Forms
fur′zy adjective
furze Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • bush: Next thing A yellow hammer flew out of a furze bush.
furze Quotes

Every known class of refusal was successfully exhibited. Onehorse endeavoured to climbtherailsintothe Grand Stand; another, having stoppeddeadatthecritical point, swung round, and returned in consternation to the starting-point, with hisrider hanging likea locket around his neck. Another, dowered with a sense of humour

—Martin Ross

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