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birr

1  [bur]
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–noun
1. force; energy; vigor.
2. emphasis in statement, speech, etc.
3. a whirring sound.
–verb (used without object)
4. to move with or make a whirring sound.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME bire, bur, OE byre strong wind; c. Icel byrr favorable wind; akin to bear 1

birr

2  [beer]
–noun, plural birr.
a paper money, silver coin, and monetary unit of Ethiopia, equal to 100 cents: replaced the Ethiopian dollar in 1976.
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birr 1   (bûr)   
n.  

  1. A whirring sound.

  2. Strong forward momentum; driving force.

intr.v.   birred, birr·ing, birrs
To make a whirring sound.

[Middle English bir, favorable wind, from Old Norse byrr; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.]
birr 2   (bîr)   
n.   pl. birr or birrs
See Table at currency.

[Amharic bərr, from brr, to be white.]
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