birse
See also: Birse
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Scots birse (“bristle, hair”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbirse (plural birses)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit“birse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
editScots
editEtymology 1
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Pronunciation
editNoun
editbirse (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
editbirse (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
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Pronunciation
editNoun
editbirse (plural birses)
Verb
editbirse (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”)