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See also: Birse
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Scots birse (“bristle, hair”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
birse (plural birses)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
“birse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
Scots[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
birse (plural birses)
Derived terms[edit]
- birsies (“bristles”) (diminutive)
- pit the birse up (“to make angry or ill-tempered”)
- whirl o birse (“the ace of spades”)
Verb[edit]
birse (third-person singular simple present birses, present participle birsin, simple past birsed, past participle birsed)
Derived terms[edit]
- birsie (“bristly, hairy; hot-tempered, passionate; of the weather: keen, sharp; difficult”)
- birsed-ends (“a shoemaker's thread”)
Etymology 2[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
birse (plural birses)
Verb[edit]
birse (third-person singular simple present birses, present participle birsin, simple past birsed, past participle birsed)
- to bruise
- to push, press, squeeze
Derived terms[edit]
- birse ben a bit (“move along a bit”)
- birse tae (“push to”)