whinstone

1. Rough as a saw edge, and hard as whinstone!
   像锯齿一样地粗，像岩石一样地硬！
2. Rough as a saw-edge, and hard as whinstone!
   跟锯齿一样粗糙，像燧石一样的硬！
3. Tell her what Heathcliff is: an unreclaimed creature, without refinement, without cultivation: an arid wilderness of furze and whinstone.
   告诉她希刺克厉夫是什么样的人：一个没驯服的人，不懂文雅，没有教养，一片长着金雀花和岩石的荒野。

noun

1. any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt)

   Synonym:    whin