| 单词 | to set up the birse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto set up the birse 2. figurative. In the phrase to set up the birse, etc.: Temper, rage, anger, in allusion to animals that bristle up when irritated. ΚΠ 1622 Course Conformitie 153 (Jam.) Now his birse rise when he heareth the one. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. vi. 171 He wad set up the tother's birse, and maybe do mair ill nor gude. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. iii. xi. 263 To smooth the birsses of their husbands. 1871 Guthrie Speech Westm. Hotel 19 July This set up my birse. < as lemmas |
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