furrowyadj.
/ˈfʌrəʊi/, U.S. /ˈfərəwi/ Full of furrows or wrinkles.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [adjective] > of or relating to a groove > grooved
channelled?a1425
guttered1562
chamfered1565
channelured1578
fluted1611
furrowy1611
furrowed1615
striated1646
striate1678
struck1678
cannulated1696
canaliculated1751
grooved1793
goffered1860
cannelured1872
runnelled1876
rilled1899
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rayonner, to furrow; make furrowes, or make furrowie.
1818 H. H. Milman Samor ix. 267 I should have known, though furrowy, sunk and wan, That face.
1829 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 25 71 We view their furrowy track.
1851 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 4) iii. 62 A double hill ran up his furrowy forks Beyond the thick-leaved platans of the vale.
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