WHIN

whinstone, whin

(noun) any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt)

woodwaxen, dyer's greenweed, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, greenweed, whin, woadwaxen, Genista tinctoria

(noun) small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental

gorse, furze, whin, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus

(noun) very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

whin (countable and uncountable, plural whins)

Gorse; furze (Ulex spp.).

The plant woad-waxen (Genista tinctoria).

Etymology 2

Noun

whin

Whinstone.

Source: Wiktionary

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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.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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