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[ furz ] / fɜrz / SEE SYNONYMS FOR furze ON THESAURUS.COM
Also called, especially British, whin. Origin of furzebefore 1000; Middle English furse, firse,Old English fyr(e)s; akin to Russian pyréĭ couch grass, Greek pȳrós wheat, Lithuanian dialect pūraĩ winter wheat Words nearby furzefuruncle, furunculoid, furunculosis, furunculus, fury, furze, fusain, Fusan, fusarium, fusarium wilt, fuscous Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for furzeBut behold, DiCaprio, whose volcanic growth of furze is surely proof that the vogue for beards needs to be trimmed back. Leo, the Beard Has to Go: When a Man’s Facial Hair Reaches Crisis Point|Tim Teeman|September 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST Mrs. Furze took another sip of the brandy-and-water and went to bed. Catharine Furze|Mark Rutherford Then it flies, skimming low over the furze and heather, and alights on a granite boulder similar to the one it has just left. Poachers and Poaching|John Watson On the brow of the hill grows a mighty bush of furze which always goes by the name of "Miss Bremer's furze-bush." Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880|Various
The Tinker rose and made a fire with leaves and furze and sticks, some dry and some green. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851|Various On either side the road was now bank'd by tall hills, with clusters of bracken and furze bushes lying darkly on their slopes. The Splendid Spur|Arthur T. Quiller Couch
British Dictionary definitions for furzeDerived forms of furzefurzy, adjectiveWord Origin for furzeOld English fyrs Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to furzeprick, shrub, thorn, nettle, spray, burr, hedge, cleaver, gorse, thistle, brier, goose grass |