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
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
‘But plait a wand o’ bonny birk, And lay it on my breast; And shed a tear upon my grave, And wish my saul gude rest.
From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Frank Sidgwick
A scent of wet birk was in the wind.
From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Neil Munro
I'll cast off my gowns of brown, With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan;130 And I'll follow thee from town to town, And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
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