Defn: Of or pertaining to the birch; birchen.
BIRCH
Birch, v. t. [imp & p. p. Birched; p. pr. & vb. n. Birching.]
Defn: To whip with a birch rod or twig; to flog.
BIRCHEN
Birch"en, a.
Defn: Of or relating to birch. He passed where Newark's stately tower Looks out from Yarrow's birchen bower. Sir W. Scott.
BIRD Bird, n. Etym: [OE. brid, bred, bird, young bird, bird, AS. bridd young bird.
1. Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2). That ungentle gull, the cuckoo's bird. Shak. The brydds [birds] of the aier have nestes. Tyndale (Matt. viii. 20).
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings. See
Aves.
3. Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird.