Furze \Furze\, n. [OE. firs, As. fyrs.]

(Bot.) A thorny evergreen shrub (Ulex Europ[ae]us), 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Gorse \Gorse\, n. [OE. & AS. gorst; perh. akin to E. grow, grass.]

(Bot.) Furze. See Furze.

The common, overgrown with fern, and rough With prickly gorse. --Cowper.

Gorse bird (Zo["o]l.), the European linnet; -- called also gorse hatcher. [Prov. Eng.]

Gorse chat (Zo["o]l.), the winchat.

Gorse duck, the corncrake; -- called also grass drake, land drake, and corn drake.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)