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Furze

//fɜː(ɹ)z// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A surname.

Noun

1
A thorny evergreen shrub, with yellow flowers, Ulex gen. et spp., of which Ulex europaeus is particularly common upon the plains and hills of Great Britain and Ireland. countable, uncountable
"Gonz. Now would I giue a thouſand furlongs of Sea, for an Acre of barren ground : Long heath, Browne firrs, any thing;[…]"
2
very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English firse, furs, from Old English fyrs (“furze, gorse, bramble”), from Old English fyres (“furze”), related to Old English fȳr (“fire”); otherwise of unknown origin.

Etymology 2

Variant of Furse.

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