† birbn.
Origin: Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: barb n.1
Etymology: Perhaps a variant or alteration of barb n.1
Obsolete rare.
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1694 R. Franck 155 Their..Birbs as stiff and as strunt as Bristles.
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