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Definition of Furzy
1. a. Abounding in, or overgrown with, furze; characterized by furze.
Definition of Furzy
1. Adjective. Where furze grows. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Furzy
1. abounding in furze [adj FURZIER, FURZIEST] - See also: furze
Lexicographical Neighbors of Furzy
Literary usage of Furzy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Philosophical Transactions ... Abridged by Royal Society (Great Britain), John Lowthorp, Henry Jones, Andrew Reid, John Gray, John Eames, John Martyn (1749)
"The furzy Parts ... gritty and furzy, alternately ending in the Circumference
with a Grit, ... between her Teeth ; the downy, or furzy, to be lick'd, ..."
2. The Works of the Rt. Rev. Charles C. Grafton by Charles Chapman Grafton (1914)
"furzy and the dedication of Anna's daughters to the Religious life. It is a
grateful incident to recall that Felix was much helped in his missionary work by ..."
3. Local Nomenclature: A Lecture on the Names of Places, Chiefly in the West of by George Philip Rigney Pulman (1857)
"... gate),—the Road through the furzy Moor.8 Burgh, Borough, and Bury are found
extensively in local nomenclature, forming, chiefly, the endings of names, ..."
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