whin
n . 金雀花
金雀花
whin n 1 :
very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden -
yellow flowers ;
common throughout western Europe [
synonym :
{
gorse }, {
furze }, {
whin }, {
Irish gorse }, {
Ulex europaeus }]
2 :
small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye ;
common as a weed in Britain and the United States ;
sometimes grown as an ornamental [
synonym : {
woodwaxen },
{
dyer '
s greenweed }, {
dyer '
s -
broom }, {
dyeweed }, {
greenweed },
{
whin }, {
woadwaxen }, {
Genista tinctoria }]
3 :
any of various hard colored rocks (
especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt ) [
synonym : {
whinstone }, {
whin }]
Furze \
Furze \,
n . [
OE .
firs ,
As .
fyrs .] (
Bot .)
A thorny evergreen shrub ({
Ulex Europ [
ae ]
us }),
with beautiful yellow flowers ,
very common upon the plains and hills of Great Britain ; --
called also {
gorse },
and {
whin }.
The dwarf furze is {
Ulex nanus }.
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Whin \
Whin \,
n . [
W .
chwyn weeds ,
a single weed .]
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1 . (
Bot .)
(
a )
Gorse ;
furze .
See {
Furze }.
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Through the whins ,
and by the cairn . --
Burns .
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(
b )
Woad -
waxed . --
Gray .
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2 .
Same as {
Whinstone }. [
Prov .
Eng .]
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{
Moor whin }
or {
Petty whin } (
Bot .),
a low prickly shrub ({
Genista Anglica })
common in Western Europe .
{
Whin bruiser },
a machine for cutting and bruising whin ,
or furze ,
to feed cattle on .
{
Whin Sparrow } (
Zool .),
the hedge sparrow . [
Prov .
Eng .]
{
Whin Thrush } (
Zool .),
the redwing . [
Prov .
Eng .]
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Woad -
waxen \
Woad "-
wax `
en \,
n . [
Cf . {
Wood -
wax }.] (
Bot .)
A leguminous plant ({
Genista tinctoria })
of Europe and Russian Asia ,
and adventitious in America ; --
called also {
greenwood }, {
greenweed }, {
dyer '
s greenweed },
and {
whin },
{
wood -
wash }, {
wood -
wax },
and {
wood -
waxen }.
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1913 Webster ]
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