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Webster 1913 Edition
Gorse
Gorse
,Noun.
[OE. & AS.
gorst
; perh. akin to E. grow
, grass
.] (Bot.)
Furze. See
Furze
. The common, overgrown with fern, and rough
With prickly
With prickly
gorse
. Cowper.
Gorse bird
(Zool.)
, the European linnet; – called also
gorse hatcher
. [Prov. Eng.]
– Gorse chat
(Zool.)
, the winchat.
– Gorse duck
, the corncrake; – called also
grass drake
, land drake
, and corn drake
.