Furze

(n.) A thorny evergreen shrub (Ulex Europaeus), 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.

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• But we shall take a shorter cut through the furze than you can go with long clothes; so we won't trouble you to wait. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Looking upwards, a furze-cutter would have been inclined to continue work; looking down, he would have decided to finish his faggot and go home. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• The masses of furze and heath to the right and left were dark as ever; a mere half-moon was powerless to silver such sable features as theirs. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• His walk is exactly as my husband's used to be, she said; and then the thought burst upon her that the furze-cutter was her son. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• What do you think of me as a furze-cutter's wife? 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• And I solemnly promise that I'll leave off cutting furze as soon as I have the power to do anything better. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• In that case the overcoat was not blown against the furze-bush, but placed there. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Tis in the heath, but no furze, said the turf-cutter. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Scrape up a few stray locks of furze, and make a blaze, so that we can see who the man is, said Fairway. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• He was busily chopping away at the furze, a long row of faggots which stretched downward from his position representing the labour of the day. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• We never see her out now, scampering over the furze with a face as red as a rose, as she used to do. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• But it is so dreadful--a furze-cutter! 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• He cuts furze because it is the only thing he can do that does not put any strain upon his poor eyes. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• I can mind it, said the furze-cutter. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• The labourer pointed out the direction, and added, Do you see that furze-cutter, ma'am, going up that footpath yond? 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.

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