firry

[ fur-ee ]

adjective

, fir·ri·er, fir·ri·est.

1. of or relating to the fir.
2. made of fir.
3. abounding in firs.

firry

/ ˈfɜːrɪ /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or made from fir trees
2. abounding in or dominated by firs

Word History and Origins

Origin of firry¹

First recorded in 1825–35; fir + -y ¹

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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