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whins

whins is the plural of whin.

Meaning of whin

Noun (1)

whin (countable and uncountable, plural whins)

  1. Gorse; furze (Ulex spp.).
    • By this time he was cross the ford, / Whare in the snaw the chapman smoor'd; / And past the birks and meikle stane, / Whare drunken Charlie brak's neck-bane; / And through the whins, and by the cairn, / Whare hunters fand the murder'd bairn; / And near the thorn, aboon the well, / Whare Mungo's...1790, Robert Burns, Tam o' Shanter, 1828, Thomas Park (editor), Works of the British Poets, Volume XX: The Poems of Robert Burns, page 65
  2. The plant woad-waxen (Genista tinctoria).

Noun (2)

whin

  1. Whinstone.

Phrases with whins

Questions about whins

What is whins the plural of?
Whins is the plural of whin.

Words near whins in the dictionary

  1. whinnocks
  2. whinny
  3. whinnying
  4. whinnyingly
  5. whinnyings
  6. whins
  7. WHINSEC
  8. whinstone
  9. whinstones
  10. whiny
  11. whiny-ass titty babies

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