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furzy, a.|ˈfɜːzɪ| Also 7 fursy. [f. furze n. + -y1.] 1. Of or pertaining to furze; composed of furze; covered or overgrown with furze.
1613–16W. Browne Brit. Past. ii. iv, No furzy tuft..shall harbour Wolfe. 1686Plot Staffordsh. 344 Their broomy, gorsy or fursy, hot sandy land. 1781P. Beckford Hunting (1802) 249 Where the cover is thick..particularly if it be furzy. 1845Talfourd Vac. Rambles (1847) I. 127 We crossed an angle of furzy common. 1869Blackmore Lorna D. xli, All things had..a kind of furzy colour. 2. Fuzzy, fluffy.
1719H. Barham in Phil. Trans. XXX. 1037 When the loose furzy Substance is taken off. 1880Senior Trav. & Trout in Antip. 127 The old fellow is very furzy in the matter of hair. b. Fuzzy, indistinct, blurred.
1825Moore Sheridan 664 Those painters, who endeavour to disguise their ignorance of anatomy by an indistinct and furzy outline. |