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whin
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Princeton's WordNet
gorse, furze, whin, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeusnoun
very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
woodwaxen, dyer's greenweed, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, greenweed, whin, woadwaxen, Genista tinctorianoun
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
whinstone, whinnoun
any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt)
Wiktionary
whinnoun
gorse
Etymology: From whynne, from hvein (compare Norwegian kvein, Swedish ven, dialectal hven).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Whinnoun
genista spinosa, Latin. A weed; furze.
Etymology: chwyn, Welsh;
With whins or with furzes thy hovel renew. Thomas Tusser.
Plants that have prickles in their leaf are holly, juniper, whin-bush, and thistle. Francis Bacon.
Wikipedia
WHIN
WHIN (1010 AM), licensed to Gallatin, Tennessee, is a radio station broadcasting an adult hits format. The station is owned by Brayden Madison Broadcasting L.L.C.
ChatGPT
whin
Whin is a term commonly used in Scotland and Ireland to describe a type of coarse, hardy shrub or bush typically found in uncultivated land. It is most often used to refer to gorse, a plant with sharp thorns and bright yellow flowers. The term may also refer to the hard, compact type of igneous rock known as whinstone.
Webster Dictionary
Whinnoun
gorse; furze. See Furze
Whinnoun
woad-waxed
Whinnoun
same as Whinstone
Etymology: [W. chwyn weeds, a single weed.]
Wikidata
WHIN
WHIN, licensed to Gallatin, Tennessee, is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. The station is owned by Whin, Inc..
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Whin
hwin, n. gorse, furze.—n. Whin′-chat, a bird very similar in appearance, esp. when it assumes its duller autumn plumage, to the Stone-chat, a summer visitant of Britain.—adj. Whin′ny, abounding in whins. [W. chwyn, weeds.]
Whin
hwin, n. See Whinstone.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of WHIN in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of WHIN in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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