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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The other company defend themselves with birchen boughs and young lime twigs; finally the multitude award the victory to Summer, and he is crowned with flowers.
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster
No signs of idleness would have greeted his eye; the young warrior did not recline in the shadow of his birchen lodge enjoying the 2comforts of summer life in mid forest.
From Little Oskaloo or, The White Whirlwind by Harbaugh, Thomas Chalmers
Even the fairy lore of my first-formed library—that of the birchen box—had impressed me less.
From My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. by Miller, Hugh
But other folk declare that on dark misty nights a pair resembling them are often seen to wander through the dim aisles of a certain birchen forest where the silver foxes are found.
From The Green Forest Fairy Book by Brady, Loretta Ellen
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.
From The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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