birch

[Birch]

Any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark

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A tree of several species, constituting the genus Betula; as, the white or common birch (B. alba) (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch (B. glandulosa); the paper or canoe birch (B. papyracea); the yellow birch (B. lutea); the black or cherry birch (B. lenta).

Noun
bundle of birch twigs used to hit people as punishment

Noun
any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark

Noun
hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood

Verb
whip with a birch twig

Adjective S.
consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree

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n.
A tree of several species, constituting the genus Betula; as, the white or common birch (B. alba) (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch (B. glandulosa); the paper or canoe birch (B. papyracea); the yellow birch (B. lutea); the black or cherry birch (B. lenta).

n.
The wood or timber of the birch.

n.
A birch twig or birch twigs, used for flogging.

n.
A birch-bark canoe.

a.
Of or pertaining to the birch; birchen.

v. t.
To whip with a birch rod or twig; to flog.

Birch

Birch , n.; pl. Birches . [OE. birche, birk, AS. birce, beorc; akin to Icel. bj'94rk, Sw. bj'94rk, Dan. birk, D. berk, OHG. piricha, MHG. birche, birke, G. birke, Russ. bereza, Pol. brzoza, Serv. breza, Skr. bhrja. &root;254. Cf. 1st Birk.] 1. A tree of several species, constituting the genus Betula; as, the white or common birch (B. alba) (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch (B. glandulosa); the paper or canoe birch (B. papyracea); the yellow birch (B. lutea); the black or cherry birch (B. lenta). 2. The wood or timber of the birch. 3. A birch twig or birch twigs, used for flogging. &hand; 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.

The threatening twigs of birch.

4. A birch-bark canoe. Birch of Jamaica, a species (Bursera gummifera) of turpentine tree. -- Birch partridge. (Zo'94l.) 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 (B. lenta), said to be identical with the oil of wintergreen, for which it is largely sold.

Birch

Birch, a. Of or pertaining to the birch; birchen.

Birch

Birch, v. t. [imp & p. p. Birched ; p. pr. & vb. n. Birching.] To whip with a birch rod or twig; to flog.

A tree of several species, constituting the genus Betula; as, the white or common birch (B. alba) (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch (B. glandulosa); the paper or canoe birch (B. papyracea); the yellow birch (B. lutea); the black or cherry birch (B. lenta).

Of or pertaining to the birch; birchen.

To whip with a birch rod or twig; to flog.

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Usage Examples

All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end and an alphabet at the other.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I put quite a few trees in last autumn. A lot of silver birch and a couple of native trees - just generally doing gardening, putting plants in and hedges in. It takes quite a lot of time and I love it.

One will never again look at a birch tree, after the Robert Frost poem, in exactly the same way.