gorsen.

Brit.

/ɡɔːs/, U.S.

/ɡɔrs/

Forms: Old English–1500s, 1800s dialect gorst, (Old English, 1800s dialect gors, gost), 1500s–1600s gorsse, 1600s gosse, 1600s–1800s goss, (1800s gorz(e, dialect gurs), 1500s– gorse. Also plural Old English gorstas, Middle English gorstez, Middle English gorstes, 1500s gorsses, 1800s gorses.

Etymology: Old English gorst (gors, gost) < Indogermanic type *ghr̥zdo-, whence Latin hordeum barley; compare the ablaut-variant German gerst barley. The root-notion of something bristly or prickly is applicable to both plants.

1. The prickly shrub Ulex europæus; common furze or whin.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > [noun] > gorse or furze

gorsec725

furzec888

whinc1400

fur1440

quice tree1440

whin-bush1483

furzen bush1530

thorn-broom1578

thorny broom1597

fursell1639

dwarf furze1650

French furze1659

ulex1753

c725 Corpus Gloss. 97 Aegesta, gors.

c725 Corpus Gloss. 2162 Voluma, gorst.

c975 Rushw. Gosp. Matt. vii. 16 Ah he somnigaþ of þornum winbegęr oþþe of gorstum ficos.

c1050 Martyrol. (E.E.T.S.) 146 On wildu hors þæt þa hine drogon on gorstas ond on þornas.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 99 Waytez gorstez & greuez, if ani gomez lyggez.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. lv. 13 A fir tre schal grow for a gorst [ether firse].

1485 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 400 Wodde, gorstes, brome, or any oder thing growyng.

1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng vi. f. 6^v Yet may he laufully fall and selle all the wode, brome, gorse, fyrs..and suche other.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 90^v The branches are full of prickles as the Gorst is.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 180 Tooth'd briars, sharpe firzes, pricking gosse, & thorns.

a1635 R. Corbet Iter Boreale (1647) 342 Loe where Richmond in a bed of gorsse Encampt himself orenight, and all his force.

1692 Act 4 Will. & Mary c. 23 §9 No person..shall presume to burne between the second day of February and Twenty fourth of June any Grig Ling Heath Furz Gosse or Ferne.

1785 W. Cowper Task i. 528 The common overgrown with fern, and rough With prickly goss.

1808 W. Scott Marmion iii. i. 134 Sprung from the gorse the timid roe.

1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany iii. 23 I class gorse among the crops, because it is regularly sown..as winter food for horses.

1878 Fraser's Mag. 18 595 Where gorses gleam with golden smile.

1882 ‘Ouida’ In Maremma I. 62 Grand level stretches of gorse and brushwood.

2. = juniper n.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > junipers > [noun]

gorsec1000

savinOE

juniper-treea1382

junipera1400

quickena1400

juniperinec1430

cade1575

jeniver1585

melmot1644

oxycedar1646

red cedar1682

cover-shame1694

Bermuda cedar1700

pencil cedar1785

sharp cedar1840

Rocky Mountain juniper1852

tuckamore1863

tucking-bush1890

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > juniper bush

gorsec1000

juniper-treea1382

junipera1400

quickena1400

juniperinec1430

jeniver1585

c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 72 Iuniperi þæt is gorst.

a1300 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 558/14 Iuniperii, i. geneiure, i. gorst.

1879 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names 214 Gorst... Juniperus communis.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

a. Simple attributive.

(a)

gorse-bud n.

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1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 143 We have..the crackling of the gorse-buds..to tell us that nature never sleeps.

gorse-bush n.

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1813 Examiner 26 Apr. 260/2 They..threw him into a gorse-bush.

gorse-common n.

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1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 143 A gorse common, baking in the summer sun.

gorse-cover n.

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1780 in Egerton-Warburton Hunt. Songs (1883) Introd. 21 At this meeting a fox was found for the first time in the new gorse cover.

gorse-covert n.

gorse-fence n.

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1895 Daily News 18 May 8/6 About five-and-twenty horses entered the ring to begin, but after a big ordeal over gorse fences..this number was reduced to seven.

gorse-hedge n.

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1888 F. Hume Madame Midas i. iii. 28 Divided into fields by long rows of gorse hedges.

gorse-tree n.

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c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 204/1 Gorstys tre..supra in Fyrrys.

(b) Used for clearing land of gorse.

gorse-knife n.

ΚΠ

1907 ‘G. B. Lancaster’ Tracks we Tread vi. 80 Randal kicked aside his gorse-knife—he had been cutting brush in the gully beyond.

gorse-slasher n.

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1938 ‘R. Hyde’ Nor Years Condemn xiv. 253 We..were given grubbers and gorse-slashers.

b. Instrumental.

gorse-covered adj.

gorse-grown adj.

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1850 R. S. Surtees Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour lvii, in New Monthly Mag. Nov. 364 They now got..into a very rushy, squashy, gorse-grown pasture.

C2.

gorse-bird n. the common linnet.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Acanthis > acanthus cannabina (linnet)

lintwhitec725

lenard1530

linnetc1530

linnet-bird1570

lintiea1831

whin-linnet1837

gorse-linnet1848

gorse-bird1885

linnet-finch1890

1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 65 Linnet... From its frequenting downs and open moors abounding in furze or whin, it is called—Gorse bird, Gorse hatcher, Gorse thatcher,..Gorse linnet.

gorse-chat n. local names for the whinchat, stonechat, wheatear, and linnet.

ΚΠ

1848 Zoologist 6 2290 In G[loucestershire] it [the stonechat] is the gorsechat.

gorse-duck n. (see quot.).

ΚΠ

1848 Zoologist 6 2290 The landrail..in the more western part a ‘gurs’ or ‘gors duck’.

gorse-hatch n. = gorse-chat n.

ΚΠ

1848 Zoologist 6 2137 Gorse-hatch, or ‘gorse-hatcher’ [applied to the female and young of the wheatear].

gorse-hatcher n. = gorse-chat n.

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1848 Zoologist 6 2137 Gorse-hatch, or ‘gorse-hatcher’ [applied to the female and young of the wheatear].

gorse-kid n. a bundle of gorse.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > [noun] > gorse or furze > heap of

gorse-kid1661

furze-huck1869

1661 P. Henry Diaries & Lett. (1882) 79 Two hundred of Gorse kids [printed Goose Kids] cost 6s. 8d.

1885 Daily News 1 Dec. 2/1 I hope nobody knows what it is to sit down recklessly on a gorsekid.

gorse-linnet n. = gorse-bird n.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Acanthis > acanthus cannabina (linnet)

lintwhitec725

lenard1530

linnetc1530

linnet-bird1570

lintiea1831

whin-linnet1837

gorse-linnet1848

gorse-bird1885

linnet-finch1890

1848 Zoologist 6 2258 The linnet is a ‘gorse linnet’, a ‘grey linnet’.

1896 R. B. Sharpe Handbk. Birds Great Brit. 45 The gorse-bushes being such a favourite nesting place that in many places the bird is known as the ‘Gorse’ Linnet.

gorse-thatcher n. = gorse-chat n.

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Derivatives

gorsed adj. topped with gorse.

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1870 Daily News 6 June He [a horse]..showed the way over the gorsed hurdles, jumping readily from the hand.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gorse
释义	gorsen. Brit. /ɡɔːs/, U.S. /ɡɔrs/ Forms: Old English–1500s, 1800s dialect gorst, (Old English, 1800s dialect gors, gost), 1500s–1600s gorsse, 1600s gosse, 1600s–1800s goss, (1800s gorz(e, dialect gurs), 1500s– gorse. Also plural Old English gorstas, Middle English gorstez, Middle English gorstes, 1500s gorsses, 1800s gorses. Etymology: Old English gorst (gors, gost) < Indogermanic type ghr̥zdo-, whence Latin hordeum* barley; compare the ablaut-variant German gerst barley. The root-notion of something bristly or prickly is applicable to both plants. 1. The prickly shrub Ulex europæus; common furze or whin. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > [noun] > gorse or furze gorsec725 furzec888 whinc1400 fur1440 quice tree1440 whin-bush1483 furzen bush1530 thorn-broom1578 thorny broom1597 fursell1639 dwarf furze1650 French furze1659 ulex1753 c725 Corpus Gloss. 97 Aegesta, gors. c725 Corpus Gloss. 2162 Voluma, gorst. c975 Rushw. Gosp. Matt. vii. 16 Ah he somnigaþ of þornum winbegęr oþþe of gorstum ficos. c1050 Martyrol. (E.E.T.S.) 146 On wildu hors þæt þa hine drogon on gorstas ond on þornas. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 99 Waytez gorstez & greuez, if ani gomez lyggez. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. lv. 13 A fir tre schal grow for a gorst [ether firse]. 1485 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 400 Wodde, gorstes, brome, or any oder thing growyng. 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng vi. f. 6^v Yet may he laufully fall and selle all the wode, brome, gorse, fyrs..and suche other. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 90^v The branches are full of prickles as the Gorst is. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 180 Tooth'd briars, sharpe firzes, pricking gosse, & thorns. View more context for this quotation a1635 R. Corbet Iter Boreale (1647) 342 Loe where Richmond in a bed of gorsse Encampt himself orenight, and all his force. 1692 Act 4 Will. & Mary c. 23 §9 No person..shall presume to burne between the second day of February and Twenty fourth of June any Grig Ling Heath Furz Gosse or Ferne. 1785 W. Cowper Task i. 528 The common overgrown with fern, and rough With prickly goss. 1808 W. Scott Marmion iii. i. 134 Sprung from the gorse the timid roe. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany iii. 23 I class gorse among the crops, because it is regularly sown..as winter food for horses. 1878 Fraser's Mag. 18 595 Where gorses gleam with golden smile. 1882 ‘Ouida’ In Maremma I. 62 Grand level stretches of gorse and brushwood. 2. = juniper n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > junipers > [noun] gorsec1000 savinOE juniper-treea1382 junipera1400 quickena1400 juniperinec1430 cade1575 jeniver1585 melmot1644 oxycedar1646 red cedar1682 cover-shame1694 Bermuda cedar1700 pencil cedar1785 sharp cedar1840 Rocky Mountain juniper1852 tuckamore1863 tucking-bush1890 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > juniper bush gorsec1000 juniper-treea1382 junipera1400 quickena1400 juniperinec1430 jeniver1585 c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 72 Iuniperi þæt is gorst. a1300 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 558/14 Iuniperii, i. geneiure, i. gorst. 1879 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names 214 Gorst... Juniperus communis. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. Simple attributive. (a) gorse-bud n. ΚΠ 1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 143 We have..the crackling of the gorse-buds..to tell us that nature never sleeps. gorse-bush n. ΚΠ 1813 Examiner 26 Apr. 260/2 They..threw him into a gorse-bush. gorse-common n. ΚΠ 1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 143 A gorse common, baking in the summer sun. gorse-cover n. ΚΠ 1780 in Egerton-Warburton Hunt. Songs (1883) Introd. 21 At this meeting a fox was found for the first time in the new gorse cover. gorse-covert n. gorse-fence n. ΚΠ 1895 Daily News 18 May 8/6 About five-and-twenty horses entered the ring to begin, but after a big ordeal over gorse fences..this number was reduced to seven. gorse-hedge n. ΚΠ 1888 F. Hume Madame Midas i. iii. 28 Divided into fields by long rows of gorse hedges. gorse-tree n. ΚΠ c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 204/1 Gorstys tre..supra in Fyrrys. (b) Used for clearing land of gorse. gorse-knife n. ΚΠ 1907 ‘G. B. Lancaster’ Tracks we Tread vi. 80 Randal kicked aside his gorse-knife—he had been cutting brush in the gully beyond. gorse-slasher n. ΚΠ 1938 ‘R. Hyde’ Nor Years Condemn xiv. 253 We..were given grubbers and gorse-slashers. b. Instrumental. gorse-covered adj. gorse-grown adj. ΚΠ 1850 R. S. Surtees Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour lvii, in New Monthly Mag. Nov. 364 They now got..into a very rushy, squashy, gorse-grown pasture. C2. gorse-bird n. the common linnet. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Acanthis > acanthus cannabina (linnet) lintwhitec725 lenard1530 linnetc1530 linnet-bird1570 lintiea1831 whin-linnet1837 gorse-linnet1848 gorse-bird1885 linnet-finch1890 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 65 Linnet... From its frequenting downs and open moors abounding in furze or whin, it is called—Gorse bird, Gorse hatcher, Gorse thatcher,..Gorse linnet. gorse-chat n. local names for the whinchat, stonechat, wheatear, and linnet. ΚΠ 1848 Zoologist 6 2290 In G[loucestershire] it [the stonechat] is the gorsechat. gorse-duck n. (see quot.). ΚΠ 1848 Zoologist 6 2290 The landrail..in the more western part a ‘gurs’ or ‘gors duck’. gorse-hatch n. = gorse-chat n. ΚΠ 1848 Zoologist 6 2137 Gorse-hatch, or ‘gorse-hatcher’ [applied to the female and young of the wheatear]. gorse-hatcher n. = gorse-chat n. ΚΠ 1848 Zoologist 6 2137 Gorse-hatch, or ‘gorse-hatcher’ [applied to the female and young of the wheatear]. gorse-kid n. a bundle of gorse. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > [noun] > gorse or furze > heap of gorse-kid1661 furze-huck1869 1661 P. Henry Diaries & Lett. (1882) 79 Two hundred of Gorse kids [printed Goose Kids] cost 6s. 8d. 1885 Daily News 1 Dec. 2/1 I hope nobody knows what it is to sit down recklessly on a gorsekid. gorse-linnet n. = gorse-bird n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Acanthis > acanthus cannabina (linnet) lintwhitec725 lenard1530 linnetc1530 linnet-bird1570 lintiea1831 whin-linnet1837 gorse-linnet1848 gorse-bird1885 linnet-finch1890 1848 Zoologist 6 2258 The linnet is a ‘gorse linnet’, a ‘grey linnet’. 1896 R. B. Sharpe Handbk. Birds Great Brit. 45 The gorse-bushes being such a favourite nesting place that in many places the bird is known as the ‘Gorse’ Linnet. gorse-thatcher n. = gorse-chat n. ΚΠ 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 65 Linnet... From its frequenting downs and open moors abounding in furze or whin, it is called—Gorse bird, Gorse hatcher, Gorse thatcher,..Gorse linnet. Derivatives gorsed adj. topped with gorse. ΚΠ 1870 Daily News 6 June He [a horse]..showed the way over the gorsed hurdles, jumping readily from the hand. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c725
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