Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Gorse \Gorse\, n. [OE. & AS. gorst; perh. akin to E. grow,
   grass.] (Bot.)
   Furze. See {Furze}.

         The common, overgrown with fern, and rough With prickly
         gorse.                                   --Cowper.

   {Gorse bird} (Zo["o]l.), the European linnet; -- called also
      {gorse hatcher}. [Prov. Eng.]

   {Gorse chat} (Zo["o]l.), the winchat.

   {Gorse duck}, the corncrake; -- called also {grass drake},
      {land drake}, and {corn drake}.