Etymology
Origin of birchen
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at birch, -en 2
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The night air was raw with the chill of thawing snow, and carried no sound but the soft tinkle of the sap as it dript swiftly into the birchen cups.
From The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories by Charles Livingston Bull
Will you await me at half past ten in the birchen hut?
From A Noble Name or D?nninghausen by Claire Von Gl?mer
Then turned and went aside and trembling climbed The sloping birchen tree and reached the roof.
From On Strike Till 3 by Grant Balfour
He passed where Newark's stately tower Looks out from Yarrow's birchen bower.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
They are like the folds of the birchen bark, thrown off as soon as formed, to give place to new ones.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 by Various
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