Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GORSE, or GORSS
GORSE, or GORSS, n. [gors; Sax. gorst. Qu. coarse, L. crassus, or G. kratzen, to scratch.]
Furz, or whin, a thick prickly shrub of the genus Ulex, bearing yellow flowers in winter. Johnson.
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