Etymology
Origin of birchen
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at birch, -en 2
Example Sentences
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By this hand I'le cry Brooms in't, birchen Brooms Sir, Before I eat one bit from your benevolence.
From Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10): The Loyal Subject by Beaumont, Francis
Will you await me at half past ten in the birchen hut?
From A Noble Name or D?nninghausen by Gl?mer, Claire Von
Then turned and went aside and trembling climbed The sloping birchen tree and reached the roof.
From On Strike Till 3 by Balfour, Grant
To give a lover a birchen branch, is for a maiden to accept his addresses; to give him a collen, or hazel, the reverse.
From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt
It was a hundred years ago, When, by the woodland ways, The traveller saw the wild-deer drink, Or crop the birchen sprays.
From Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition by Stoddard, Richard Henry
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