birk
Americannoun
noun
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a birch tree
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(plural) a birch wood
adjective
Etymology
Origin of birk
before 900; Middle English byrk, Old English birc, by-form of birce birch
Example Sentences
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He describes the rain "spattering on crumbelt conkreat and bustit birk and durdling in the puddls gurgling down the runnels of the dead town."
From Time Magazine Archive
The birk held a high place in the secret rites and customs of the Ballad Age.
From The Balladists Famous Scots Series by Geddie, John
With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan; For it's seven years since I have seen land,55 And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
O I never saw my love before, With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan; Till I saw her thro' an augre bore,15 And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
The auld beggar man threw down his staff,85 With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan; And he has mounted the good gray steed, And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
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