birse
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.
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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
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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”)