| 单词 | furze-bush |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfurze-bush b. esp. in furze-bush, also (obsolete and dialect) furzen bush. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > [noun] > gorse or furze gorsec725 furzec888 whinc1400 fur1440 quice tree1440 whin-bush1483 furzen bush1530 thorn-broom1578 thorny broom1597 fursell1639 dwarf furze1650 French furze1659 ulex1753 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 220/2 Fyrsbusshe, jovmarin. 1599 T. Heywood 1st Pt. King Edward IV sig. D So many men in the Moone, And euerie one a furzen bush in his mouth. 1644 J. Vicars Jehovah-Jireh 133 Many other young Gentlemen..lay all that night..upon Furze-bushes on the ground. 1668 J. White Rich Cabinet (ed. 4) 51 If you will graft a white rose upon a Broom~stalk, or on a furzon bush. 1738 G. C. Deering Catalogus Stirpium 89 Genista spinosa minor..The lesser Furze Bush. 1882 W. Black Shandon Bells xxiii Miss Patience asked me if I had combed it [my hair] with a furze-bush. < as lemmas |
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