Etymology
Origin of birchen
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; birch, -en 2
Example Sentences
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Then Cissy ordered him to get her some warm water, which he brought from one of the kettles swinging on the birchen tripods scattered here and there about the encampment.
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The birchen flotilla gained the outlet of Lake Erie, and, shooting downwards with the stream, landed beneath the palisades of Fort Schlosser.
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He passed where Newark's stately tower Looks out from Yarrow's birchen bower.
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A rousing fire of birchen logs blazed on the open hearth.
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In this canoe, made of the outer rind of the birchen tree, they carry their family, and furniture, and all their worldly effects—children, dogs, fishing-tackle, guns, their tent, cooking utensils, and themselves.
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