whin¹ /(h)win/

Gorse, furze

whinnˈy adjective

Abounding in whins

whinˈchat noun

A bird that frequents whins, very similar in appearance, esp when it assumes its duller autumn plumage, to the stonechat, to which it is related

whinstone /(h)winˈstōn or -stən/

1. (also whin) any hard and compact kind of rock, usu basalt or the like
2. A piece of this

Whin Sill noun

A sheet of intrusive quartz-dolerite or quartz-basalt exposed almost continuously for nearly 200 miles from the Farne Islands to Middleton-in-Teesdale

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