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11whin — 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},… …
12Whin Sill — is a tabular layer of igneous rock, or sill, in County Durham and Northumberland, in the Northeast of England. This east west running geological formation lies partly in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and partly in… …
13Whin bruiser — Whin Whin, n. [W. chwyn weeds, a single weed.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) (a) Gorse; furze. See {Furze}. [1913 Webster] Through the whins, and by the cairn. Burns. [1913 Webster] (b) Woad waxed. Gray. [1913 Webster] 2. Same as {Whinstone}. [Prov.… …
14Whin Sparrow — Whin Whin, n. [W. chwyn weeds, a single weed.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) (a) Gorse; furze. See {Furze}. [1913 Webster] Through the whins, and by the cairn. Burns. [1913 Webster] (b) Woad waxed. Gray. [1913 Webster] 2. Same as {Whinstone}. [Prov.… …
15Whin Thrush — Whin Whin, n. [W. chwyn weeds, a single weed.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) (a) Gorse; furze. See {Furze}. [1913 Webster] Through the whins, and by the cairn. Burns. [1913 Webster] (b) Woad waxed. Gray. [1913 Webster] 2. Same as {Whinstone}. [Prov.… …
16whin|chat — «HWIHN CHAT», noun. a small, tan, European songbird, closely allied to the stonechat; furzechat. ╂[< whin 1 + chat 1 a bird] …
17Whin Sill — noun A sheet of intrusive quartz dolerite or quartz basalt exposed almost continuously for nearly 200 miles from the Farne Islands to Middleton in Teesdale • • • Main Entry: ↑whinstone …
18whin|stone — «HWIHN STOHN», noun. any one of various hard, fine grained, dark colored rocks, such as basalt, diabase, or dolerite …
19Whin Rigg — Infobox Mountain Name = Whin Rigg Photo = Whin Rigg and Wast Water from Yewbarrow.jpg Caption = Whin Rigg and The Screes seen across Wast Water from Yewbarrow. Location = Cumbria, ENG Range = Lake District, Southern Fells Elevation = 535 m (1,755 …
20whin´ing|ly — whine «hwyn», verb, whined, whin|ing, noun. –v.i. 1. to make a low, complaining cry or sound: »The dog whined to go out with us. 2. Figurative. to complain in a peevish, childish way: »Some people are always whining about trifles. –v.t. to say… …
