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Definition of Moor whin

Moor whin
Whin Whin, n. [W. chwyn weeds, a single weed.] 1. (Bot.) (a) Gorse; furze. See Furze. Through the whins, and by the cairn. --Burns. (b) Woad-waxed. --Gray. 2. Same as Whinstone. [Prov. Eng.] Moor whin or Petty whin (Bot.), a low prickly shrub (Genista Anglica) common in Western Europe. Whin bruiser, a machine for cutting and bruising whin, or furze, to feed cattle on. Whin Sparrow (Zo["o]l.), the hedge sparrow. [Prov. Eng.] Whin Thrush (Zo["o]l.), the redwing. [Prov. Eng.]

Meaning of Moor whin from wikipedia

- Ulex (commonly known as gorse, furze, or whin) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. The genus comprises about 20 species of thorny evergreen...
- Long Marston York The Battle of Marston Moor was fought on 2 July 1644, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms of 1639–1653. The combined forces of the...
- Walla Crag Wandope Wansfell Watch Hill Watson's Dodd Wether Hill Wetherlam Whin Rigg Whinlatter White Side Whitfell Whiteless Pike Whiteside Yoke Yewbarrow...
- southern Derbyshire. Conversely, the Border Moors and Cheviot Hills, separated by the Tyne Gap and Whin Sill, along which run the A69 and Hadrian's Wall...
- (1,972 ft) Rosthwaite Fell, 551 m (1,808 ft) Hard Knott, 549 m (1,801 ft) Whin Rigg, 535 m (1,755 ft) Green Crag, 489 m (1,604 ft) Lingmoor Fell, 469 m...
- sedimentary rocks laid down during the Palaeozoic era, later intruded by the Whin Sill and affected by glaciation during the Quaternary period. Mud and volcanic...
- known as Bishop's Waltham Moors. The hill inspired a poem by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, published in his 1918 collection, Whin. It was set to music in 1920...
- an unusually wide range of gr****land types growing on thin soil above the Whin Sill, a rock formation peculiar to the Northern Pennines. Allolee to Walltown...
- footpath which crosses the Moor House-Upper Teesdale National Nature Reserve. High Force was formed where the River Tees crosses the Whin Sill – a hard layer...
- built a new line from Shaftholme Junction (north of Doncaster) to Chaloners Whin Junction (1 mile 67 chains north of Copmanthorpe and where the Tesco supermarket...