Sentence:  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 <WSD>whins</WSD>, and by the cairn, / Whare hunters fand the murder'd bairn; / And near the thorn, aboon the well, / Whare Mungo's mither hang'd hersel. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Gorse; furze ("Ulex" spp.).