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whin.

Gorse; furze (Ulex spp.).

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/wɪn//ʍɪn/

  1. Gorse; furze (Ulex spp.).

    countable · uncountable

  2. The plant woad-waxen (Genista tinctoria).

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English whynne, from Old Norse hvein (“gorse, furze”) (compare Norwegian kvein (“bent grass”), Swedish ven (“bent grass”), dialectal hven (“swamp”)), apparently from hvein (“swampy land”), from Proto-Germanic *hwainō, *hwin- (“swamp; moor”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyn- (“to soil; mud; filth”). Compare Latin caenum (“filth”), Latin inquīnō (“to sully; soil”).

noun/wɪn//ʍɪn/

  1. Whinstone.

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