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| birch [ burch ] |
noun (plural birch·es) |
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1. tall tree with peeling bark: a tall slender tree with papery, peeling bark. Native to: northern hemisphere. Genus Betula.
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2. wood of birch: the pale wood of the birch tree
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3. rod for flogging somebody: a birch rod or bundle of twigs, formerly used to beat people as a punishment
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transitive verb (past and past participle birched, present participle birch·ing, 3rd person present singular birch·es) |
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punish somebody by beating: to beat somebody with a birch rod as a punishment
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| [ Old English birce< Indo-European] |
