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Meanings of whin in English

Portuguese
tojo
Catalan
argelaga
Spanish
ulex

Very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe.

tojo

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.

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Examples for "gorse"
Examples for "gorse"
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The gorse and the broom were a fine accent in the landscape.
Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
2
Firefighters put out a major gorse blaze in west Belfast this morning.
The Irish Times
3
Unfortunately, it was gorse, so my hand was impaled by the thorns.
Water, stone, heart
4
The noise spread through the gallery as a fire spreads through gorse.
The Head of Kay's
5
A large gorse fire has broken out near Bray in Co Wicklow.
The Irish Times
1
The birds flirted up and down the hawthorn bushes and furze brakes.
The Far Horizon
2
Heath and furze were the sole vegetation which covers this endless wilderness.
Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents
3
Brushing some spikes of furze off my hands, I prepared for it.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 7
4
Did you see any one as you came through the furze bushes?
Evelyn Innes
5
He owned a round, ruddy face with a white furze of beard.
Surrender to the will of the night

Any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt)

Usage of whin in English
1
The warm sweet smell of the whin bloom was in the air.
The Thirsty Sword: A Story of the Norse Invasion of Scotland (12...
2
Francie lay there in his appointed hiding-hole, looking abroad between two whin-bushes.
Lay Morals, and Other Papers
3
Well, as I said, whin five months had gone by they met.
Wild Youth, Volume 2.
4
An' whin we got up to the top of the city, 'Mrs.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XV...
5
Mariar she used ter live thar whin Mis' Celie wus a baby.
My Lady of the North
6
I was jokin' wid ye, whin I called ye this or that.
A Romany of the Snows, Complete / Being a Continuation of the Pe...
7
Jack himself is no slouch whin it comes to stowing away things.
Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise; or, The Dash for Dixie
8
The matron'll settle with ye good and plenty whin she gits toime!
The Lilac Lady
9
De 'h way he lash nigger whin e' don do jist so!
Our World; Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter
10
The desultory crackling of the whin-pods in the afternoon sun usurped the ear.
Essays of Travel
11
And I can find out whin he will be here again.
At the Foot of the Rainbow
12
And thin there's days whin the wind has to do, and the light.
At the Foot of the Rainbow
13
Give us that one about yoursilf whin ye was a schoolboy.
The Thorogood Family
14
The humble furze bush or whin was collected and ground down to shreds.
The Irish Times
15
Sea-cave and moss-hag, wood-shelter and whin-bush, he knows every hidie-hole for forty mile.
Patsy
16
Ef they do, I'll kill them meself whin they comes over th' side.
Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"
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Portuguese
tojo
Spanish
ulex
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