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firry

American  
[fur-ee] / ˈfɜr i /

adjective

firrier, firriest
  1. of or relating to the fir.

  2. made of fir.

  3. abounding in firs.


firry British  
/ ˈfɜːrɪ /

adjective

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

  2. abounding in or dominated by firs

"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

Etymology

Origin of firry

First recorded in 1825–35; fir + -y 1

Example Sentences

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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 Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

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

From Laurus Nobilis Chapters on Art and Life by Lee, Vernon

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 Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

A cool wind was blowing down over the long harvest fields from the rims of firry western hills and whistling through the poplars.

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

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 MacDonald, George

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