firry

English

Etymology

From fir +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɜːɹi/

Homophone: furry

Adjective

firry (comparative more firry, superlative most firry)

1. Abounding in firs.
   • 1832 December (indicated as 1833), Alfred Tennyson, “The Miller’s Daughter”, in Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, stanza VI, page 35:

     I often heard the cooing dove / In firry woodlands mourn alone, […]

2. Made of fir wood.
3. Similar to fir

References

• “firry”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.