gorsy, a.
(ˈgɔːsɪ)
Also 6 gorsty, 7 gorssie, 9 gorsey.
[f. gorse + -y1.]
a. Abounding in, covered with gorse. b. Of or pertaining to gorse.
| 1523 Fitzherb. Surv. xxv. (1539) 49 Gorsty grounde, the whiche hath ben errable grounde. 1613 New Direct. Planting Timber A 4 b, For the planting in Barren, Champion, or Gorssie grounds. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Jampnum, Furze or Gorse; also gorsy Ground. 1766 Pennant Zool. (1768) II. 272 With us it is common on gorsy grounds. 1829 E. Jesse Jrnl. Nat. 158 This songster [the linnet]..lives in society, frequenting open commons and gorsy fields. 1870 Disraeli Lothair xiii. 55 Sometimes a gorsy dell and sometimes a great spread of antlered fern. 1885 C. L. Pirkis Lady Lovelace II. xxix. 120 A fresh gorsy smell. |