Category:Whin

Whin, n. Etym: [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 (zoöl.), the hedge sparrow. [prov. Eng.] -- whin Thrush (zoöl.), the redwing. [prov. Eng.]