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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Whin  \Whin\,  n.  [W.  chwyn  weeds,  a  single  weed.] 
  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}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  hedge  sparrow.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  {Whin  Thrush}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  redwing.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Woad-waxen  \Woad"-wax`en\,  n.  [Cf.  {Wood-wax}.]  (Bot.) 
  A  leguminous  plant  ({Genista  tinctoria})  of  Europe  and 
  Russian  Asia,  and  adventitious  in  America;  --  called  also 
  {greenwood},  {greenweed},  {dyer's  greenweed},  and  {whin}, 
  {wood-wash},  {wood-wax},  and  {wood-waxen}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Furze  \Furze\,  n.  [OE.  firs,  As  fyrs.]  (Bot.) 
  A  thorny  evergreen  shrub  ({Ulex  Europ[ae]us}),  with  beautiful 
  yellow  flowers,  very  common  upon  the  plains  and  hills  of 
  Great  Britain;  --  called  also  {gorse},  and  {whin}.  The  dwarf 
  furze  is  {Ulex  nanus}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  whin 
  n  1:  very  spiny  and  dense  evergreen  shrub  with  fragrant 
  golden-yellow  flowers;  common  throughout  western  Europe 
  [syn:  {gorse},  {furze},  {Irish  gorse},  {Ulex  europaeus}] 
  2:  small  Eurasian  shrub  having  clusters  of  yellow  flowers  that 
  yield  a  dye;  common  as  weed  in  England  and  United  States; 
  sometimes  grown  as  an  ornamental  [syn:  {woodwaxen},  {dyer's 
  greenweed},  {dyer's-broom},  {dyeweed},  {greenweed},  {woadwaxen}, 
  {Genista  tinctoria}]




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