furzyadj.
/ˈfəːzi/, U.S. /ˈfərzi/ 1. Of or pertaining to furze; composed of furze; covered or overgrown with furze.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > [adjective] > of or relating to gorse or furze
furzy1616
gorsy1885
1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. iv. 109 No furzy tuft..Shall harbour Wolfe.
1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. ix. 344 Their broomy, gorsy or fursy, hot Sandy land.
1781 P. Beckford Thoughts on Hunting xix. 234 Where the cover is thick..particularly if it be furzy.
1845 T. N. Talfourd Vacation Rambles (1847) I. 127 We crossed an angle of furzy common.
1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone II. xiii. 171 All things had..a kind of furzy colour.
2.
a. Fuzzy, fluffy.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [adjective] > soft and fluffy
mossy1561
downy1578
mosy1578
thrummy1597
cotton wool1648
cottonary1658
cottonous1664
cottony1664
tozy1706
flewsey1712
fuzzy1713
furzy1720
floscular1822
fuffy1824
fluffy1825
flossy1845
flocculent1870
furry1876
1720 H. Barham in Philos. Trans. 1717–19 (Royal Soc.) 30 1037 When the loose furzy Substance is taken off.
1880 W. Senior Trav. & Trout in Antipodes 127 The old fellow is very furzy in the matter of hair.
b. Fuzzy, indistinct, blurred.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adjective] > indistinct
dimc1000
blinda1398
undistingued1398
obscure?a1450
undistinct1495
shadowed1588
undistinguishable1600
shady1626
blear1637
filmed1637
indistinguishable1642
crepusculous1646
adumbrated1650
oblite1650
faint1660
monogrammous1678
blurred1701
faintish1712
wispya1717
adumbrant1727
muzzy1744
indistinct1764
fuzzy1778
misty1797
shadowy1797
undistinguished1814
woolly1815
vague1822
furzy1825
mystified1833
slurred1843
feeble1860
smudginga1861
filmy1864
smudgy1865
blurry1884
slurry1937
1825 T. Moore Mem. Life R. B. Sheridan 664 Those painters, who endeavour to disguise their ignorance of anatomy by an indistinct and furzy outline.
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