firry

American  

[fur-ee] / ˈfɜr i /

adjective

firrier, firriest

1. of or relating to the fir.

2. made of fir.

3. abounding in firs.

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firry British  

/ ˈfɜːrɪ /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or made from fir trees

2. abounding in or dominated by firs

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Etymology

Origin of firry

First recorded in 1825–35; fir + -y ¹

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Example Sentences

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firry

They went over to Orchard Slope by the short cut across the brook and up the firry hill grove.

From Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Finally one day he met her, coming up a path which led to a spring down in a firry hollow.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Anne ran down the clover slope like a deer, and disappeared in the firry shadows of the Haunted Wood.

From Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Mine, too—whose else?—thy costly fruit-garden … thy ampler pleasure-garden … thy firry wilderness….

From Laurus Nobilis Chapters on Art and Life by Vernon Lee

So they passed onwards through the rapping wicket Into the centre of a firry thicket.

From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by George MacDonald

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