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English

Image:Betula_Pendula_at_Stockholm_University_2005-07-01.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Birch trees Betula pendula (1)

Pronunciation

  • bû(r)ch, /bɜː(r)tʃ/, /b3:(r)tS/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-birch.ogg



Etymology

Old English birce, bierce, beorc

Noun

  1. any of various trees of the genus Betula, native to countries in the northern hemisphere.
  2. a hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture.
  3. a stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment.


Translations

birch tree

birch wood

punishment device

Verb

  1. to punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
  2. to punish as though one were using a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.


Translations

punish with a birch

punish as if one were using a birch

Derived terms


Category:Trees

de:birch el:birch fr:birch io:birch it:birch hu:birch pl:birch ro:birch ru:birch fi:birch sv:birch ta:birch te:birch vi:birch zh:birch

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Birch \Birch\ (b[~e]rch), n.; pl. Birches (-[e^]z). [OE.
birche, birk, AS. birce, beorc; akin to Icel. bj["o]rk, Sw.
bj["o]rk, Dan. birk, D. berk, OHG. piricha, MHG. birche,
birke, G. birke, Russ. bereza, Pol. brzoza, Serv. breza, Skr.
bh[=u]rja. [root]254. Cf. 1st Birk.]
1. A tree of several species, constituting the genus
Betula; as, the white or common birch (Betula alba)
(also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch
(Betula glandulosa); the paper or canoe birch ({Betula
papyracea}); the yellow birch (Betula lutea); the black
or cherry birch (Betula lenta).
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2. The wood or timber of the birch.
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3. A birch twig or birch twigs, used for flogging.
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Note: The twigs of the common European birch (B. alba), being
tough and slender, were formerly much used for rods in
schools. They were also made into brooms.
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The threatening twigs of birch. --Shak.
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4. A birch-bark canoe.
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Birch of Jamaica, a species (Bursera gummifera) of
turpentine tree.

Birch partridge. (Zool.) See Ruffed grouse.

Birch wine, wine made of the spring sap of the birch.

Oil of birch.
(a) An oil obtained from the bark of the common European
birch (Betula alba), and used in the preparation of
genuine (and sometimes of the imitation) Russia
leather, to which it gives its peculiar odor.
(b) An oil prepared from the black birch (Betula lenta),
said to be identical with the oil of wintergreen, for
which it is largely sold.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Birch \Birch\, a.
Of or pertaining to the birch; birchen.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Birch \Birch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Birched (b[~e]rcht); p. pr.
& vb. n. Birching.]
To whip with a birch rod or twig; to flog.
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WordNet birch
adj : consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree [syn: birchen,
birken]
n 1: hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used
especially in furniture and interior finishes and
plywood
2: any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a
thin peeling bark [syn: birch tree]
3: bundle of birch twigs used to hit people as punishment [syn:
birch rod]
v : whip with a birch twig
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