furze
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of furze
before 1000; Middle English furse, firse, Old English fyr ( e ) s; akin to Russian pyréĭ couch grass, Greek pȳrós wheat, Lithuanian dialect pūraĩ winter wheat
Vocabulary lists containing furze
Example Sentences
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Next afternoon the bonfire was rebuilt by foresters who had worked all morning felling fir trees, cutting gorse and furze bushes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fanning out over the moor, calling Teayn's name, they beat their way through the furze and heather.
From Time Magazine Archive
They scuttled along over the hillocks and through the furze of the seaside course at Portmarnock, Ireland, last week, dropping purses, strings of pearls and beads, rings, rosaries.
From Time Magazine Archive
Uncle Mott's face was almost as white as the milkweed furze that I've tried to catch on the meader....
From Time Magazine Archive
He could even pick out the dots of furze bushes and stunted yew trees on the steep slopes.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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