furze
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- furzy adjective
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
Example Sentences
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Fanning out over the moor, calling Teayn's name, they beat their way through the furze and heather.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
It appears," he would say, "that furze is the best type of pasture to grow on artificial meadows.
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
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 "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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