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whin 1

 (wĭn, hwĭn)
n.
See gorse.
[Middle English whinne, probably of Scandinavian origin.]

whin 2

 (wĭn, hwĭn)
n.
A whinstone.
[Middle English quin.]
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whin

(wɪn)
n
(Plants) another name for gorse
[C11: from Scandinavian; compare Old Danish hvine (græs), Norwegian hvine, Swedish hven]

whin

(wɪn)
n
(Geological Science) short for whinstone
[C14: quin, of obscure origin]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.whin - very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowerswhin - very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
furze, gorse, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus
genus Ulex, Ulex - genus of Eurasian spiny shrubs: gorse
bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
2.whin - small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dyewhin - 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
dyer's greenweed, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, Genista tinctoria, greenweed, woadwaxen, woodwaxen
broom - any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers
Genista, genus Genista - chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of Mediterranean area and western Asia: broom
3.whin - any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt)
whinstone
rock, stone - a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me"
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Translations
ajonc

whin

[wɪn] N → tojo m
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whin

n (esp Brit) → Ginster m
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whin

[wɪn] n (Bot) → ginestrone m
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"I take shame for you, Sorr, coming down here though the Saints know you're as welkim as the daylight whin you do come - an' upsettin' Terence's head wid your nonsense about - about fwhat's much betther forgotten.
I was behaderin' round wid the gangs on the 'bankmint - I've taught the hoppers how to kape step an' stop screechin' - whin a head-gangman comes up to me, wid about two inches av shirt-tail hanging round his neck an' a disthressful light in his oi.
"Whin I was about three-quarters av a mile off the rest-camp, powtherin' along fit to burrst, I heard the noise av the men, an', on my sowl, Sorr, I cud catch the voice av Peg Barney bellowin' like a bison wid the belly-ache.
Whin I am servin' my time, I'm undher the Articles av War, an' can be whipped on the peg for thim.
"Whin a bad egg is shut av the Army, he sings the Divil's Mass for a good riddance; an' that manes swearin' at ivrything from the Commandher-in-Chief down to the Room-Corp'ril, such as you niver in your days heard.
"Good mornin', Peg,' I sez, whin he dhrew breath afther dursin' the Adj'tint-Gen'ral; 'I've put on my best coat to see you, Peg Barney,' sez I.
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The Manila she lay down whin she dropped Boston Light, and she never lufted her lee- rail up to that time - hustlin' on one an' the same slant.
"'Sufferin' Christianity!' sez Counahan (he always said that whin his pumps sucked an' he was not feelin' good) - 'Sufferin' Christianity!' he sez, 'where am I at?' "'Thirty-five mile west-sou'west o' Cape Clear,' sez the tramp,
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"The Cap'n 'd like to see ye a few minutes round to the office whin ye have time, Dempsey, me boy."
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I told him by way of a joke, afther you'd run over him so convenient that night, whin he was drunk--I said if he was a Catholic he'd do penance.
I shouted to my friend to get away at once, and as soon as the carriage was out of the garden Garin laid his head on my knee and whined. So I knew his answer, and devoted myself to getting Stanley's address in the Hills.
A cool breath from the snows met us about five miles out of Kalka, and she whined for her coat, wisely fearing a chill on the liver.
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