Thesaurus: whin

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1. n. Gorse; furze. See Furze.
2. n. Woad-waxed.
3. n. Same as Whinstone.
4. n. very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
5. n. small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental
6. n. any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt)
7. 1. (Bot.) (a) Gorse; furze. See Furze. Through the whins, and by the cairn. Burns. (b) Woad-waxed. Gray. 2. Same as Whinstone. [Prov. Eng.] Moor whin or Petty whin (Bot.), a low prickly shrub (Genista Anglica) common in Western Europe. -- Whin bruiser, a machine for cutting and bruising whin, or furze, to feed cattle on. -- Whin Sparrow (Zoöl.), the hedge sparrow. [Prov. Eng.] -- Whin Thrush (Zoöl.), the redwing. [Prov. Eng.]
8. n very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant yellow">golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe n small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental n any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt)