单词 | gorsy |
释义 | gorsyadj. a. Abounding in, covered with gorse. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > [adjective] > of or relating to gorse or furze > abounding in or covered with furze whinny1482 gorsy1523 furzed1873 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xxv. f. 44 Gorstye grounde, the whiche hath ben errable grounde. 1613 New Direct. Planting Timber A 4 b For the planting in Barren, Champion, or Gorssie grounds. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Jampnum Furze or Gorse; also gorsy Ground. 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 103 With us it [sc. the stone-chatter] is common on gorsy grounds. 1829 J. L. Knapp Jrnl. Naturalist 158 This songster [the linnet]..lives in society, frequenting open commons and gorsy fields. 1870 B. Disraeli Lothair (new ed.) xiii. 55 Sometimes a gorsy dell and sometimes a great spread of antlered fern. b. Of or pertaining to gorse. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > [adjective] > of or relating to gorse or furze furzy1616 gorsy1885 1885 C. L. Pirkis Lady Lovelace II. xxix. 120 A fresh gorsy smell. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1523 |
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