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birk

[ burk; Scots birk ]

noun

, Scot. and North England.


birk

/ bɜːk; bɪrk /

noun

  1. a birch tree
  2. plural a birch wood


adjective

  1. consisting or made of birch

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Word History and Origins

Origin of birk1

before 900; Middle English byrk, Old English birc, by-form of birce birch

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Word History and Origins

Origin of birk1

C14: from Old Norse; compare birch

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Example Sentences

Police had more than 4,000 tips since Westminster Police Chief Lee Birk warned that a “predator” was at large in the community.

Police say they have received more than 4,000 tips since Chief Birk warned that a “predator” is at large in the community.

The drooping birk boughs were quite golden now, and the rowan berries a coral red.

The birk held a high place in the secret rites and customs of the Ballad Age.

He would be half the day in finding the valley road that led to Birk's Mill.

They came slowly along, through the feathery birk-trees, which were all flooded by the delicate rainbow tints.

The plants in all these are either a brier and a rose, or a brier and a birk.

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