furze

[ furz ]

noun

1. gorse.

furze

/ fɜːz /

noun

1. another name for gorse

Derived Forms

• ˈfurzy, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of furze¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of furze¹

Old English fyrs

Example Sentences

There, on more solid ground, he raced through the furze and beyond the clump of trees.

From Literature

He could even pick out the dots of furze bushes and stunted yew trees on the steep slopes.

From Literature

Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossomed furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule The village master taught his little school.

From Literature

It is over five hundred feet high, and in autumn is a pyramid of crimson and gold; for wherever there are not trees or cultivation, there are furze and heath.

From Project Gutenberg

It lay quite close to the furze hedge, which ran in a straight line a long distance beyond where "Jamesy's bower" formed one of the angles of the garden.

From Project Gutenberg