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furze

[ furz ]

noun



furze

/ ɜː /

noun

  1. another name for gorse
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Derived Forms

  • ˈڳܰ, adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of furze1

before 1000; Middle English furse, firse, Old English fyr ( e ) s; akin to Russian éĭ couch grass, Greek ̄ó wheat, Lithuanian dialect ūĩ winter wheat
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of furze1

Old English fyrs
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Here, huge growths of thorny furze rose up.

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He could even pick out the dots of furze bushes and stunted yew trees on the steep slopes.

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Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossomed furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule The village master taught his little school.

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It is over five hundred feet high, and in autumn is a pyramid of crimson and gold; for wherever there are not trees or cultivation, there are furze and heath.

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It lay quite close to the furze hedge, which ran in a straight line a long distance beyond where "Jamesy's bower" formed one of the angles of the garden.

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