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birchen, a.|ˈbɜːtʃ(ə)n|
Forms: 5–6 birkin, byrchen, -in, 6–7 birchin, 7 burchin, 5– birchen, (north.) birken.
[f. birch n. + -en1.]
Of, pertaining to, or composed of birch; of or pertaining to the birch used in flogging.
c1440Gaw. & Gologras i. 3 (Mätz.) Birkin bewis about boggis and wellis. 1481Caxton Reynard (Arb.) 41 Two birchen trees. 1536Tindale Wks. (1573) 166 We say of a wanton child..he must be annoynted with byrchin salve. 1556J. Heywood Spider & F. iii. 19 Our maide with hir birchin broome. 1611Beaum. & Fl. Knt. Burn. Pestle iv. 64 And now the Burchin Tree doth bud that makes the Schoolboy cry. 1749Fielding Tom Jones v. xi, Unless you had the same birchen argument to convince me. 1808J. Mayne Siller Gun 28 (Jam.) Birken chaplets not a few And yellow broom. 1833Fraser's Mag. VII. 137 Boyhood sheds its flood of birchen tears. 1865Parkman Champlain ix. (1875) 300 Canoe-men, in their birchen vessels. |