释义 |
gorsy, a.|ˈgɔːsɪ| Also 6 gorsty, 7 gorssie, 9 gorsey. [f. gorse + -y1.] a. Abounding in, covered with gorse. b. Of or pertaining to gorse.
1523Fitzherb. Surv. xxv. (1539) 49 Gorsty grounde, the whiche hath ben errable grounde. 1613New Direct. Planting Timber A 4 b, For the planting in Barren, Champion, or Gorssie grounds. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Jampnum, Furze or Gorse; also gorsy Ground. 1766Pennant Zool. (1768) II. 272 With us it is common on gorsy grounds. 1829E. Jesse Jrnl. Nat. 158 This songster [the linnet]..lives in society, frequenting open commons and gorsy fields. 1870Disraeli Lothair xiii. 55 Sometimes a gorsy dell and sometimes a great spread of antlered fern. 1885C. L. Pirkis Lady Lovelace II. xxix. 120 A fresh gorsy smell. |