furze
noun
ˈfərz 
: gorse
furzy
ˈfər-zē
adjective 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Now there are tennis courts in Plumstead Common, where a group of women once axed down fences and set the furze on fire to protest enclosure. 
Eula Biss, The New Yorker, 8 June 2022 There is Clapham Common, Streatham Common, Clapton Common, and Barnes Common, where commoners cut furze to burn for heat. Eula Biss, The New Yorker, 8 June 2022 Half-wild by then with the freedom of Their summer grazing among the furze and the heather,The white-faced Cheviots, elusiveAs the clouds streaming over the Wicklow peaks,Ran us and the young dogs raggedWith their anarchic dodging and darting. Hartford Courant, courant.com, 11 Mar. 2018
Eula Biss, The New Yorker, 8 June 2022 There is Clapham Common, Streatham Common, Clapton Common, and Barnes Common, where commoners cut furze to burn for heat. Eula Biss, The New Yorker, 8 June 2022 Half-wild by then with the freedom of Their summer grazing among the furze and the heather,The white-faced Cheviots, elusiveAs the clouds streaming over the Wicklow peaks,Ran us and the young dogs raggedWith their anarchic dodging and darting. Hartford Courant, courant.com, 11 Mar. 2018 Word History
Etymology
Middle English firse, from Old English fyrs; akin to Russian pyreĭ quack grass, Greek pyros wheat
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above