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.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Woad-waxen \Woad"-wax`en\, n. [Cf. Wood-wax.]

(Bot.) A leguminous plant (Genista tinctoria) of Europe and Russian Asia, and adventitious in America; -- called also greenwood, greenweed, dyer's greenweed, and whin, wood-wash, wood-wax, and wood-waxen.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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)