Meaning of furze-pig | Babel Free

Definitions

A hedgehog.

West-Country

Examples

“Wherever there be a gate, or even an apology for one, consisting of a gapway jammed full of a combination of what are mostly called brambles, the near neighbourhood of the same where it opens, or should open⟳, on the field, is always a good place⟳, and one that may well be taken advantage of, more especially if the furze-pig be the bait employed; while a nest of eggs neatly arranged on the top of an adjacent portion of the hedgerow, devoid of bushes, is equally likely to bring⟳ the crows into the gins set⟳ about for them.”

“For mowdewart and marmot; for furze-pig / and parmaceti; for feline / and anserine; for Lawrence the tod.”

“It's not only writers who require⟳ creative accounts or an ability to connect⟳ discordant events, but most of the rest⟳ of everyone else, too, wants to sort⟳ fiends into parsimonious piles. In view⟳ of those desires, Can I be Rare, Toos sixty-four tales are one part canard, one part forced teleology, and several parts enthusiastic furze-pig'. They are, also, one hundred per cent fun.”

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