birsy
English edit
Etymology edit
birse + -y (“having the quality of”)
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
birsy (comparative birsier, superlative birsiest)
- (Scotland) bristling, bristly (of an animal such as a wolf or a bear).
- A big, birsy, gray wolf looked over its two fallen comrades, then all at once it lifted its gaze and looked John straight in the eyes, letting out a low guttural snarl.
- 2000, William Soutar, Into a Room: Selected Poems of William Soutar [1]:
- Raw upon raw the birsy bere, Rax't up, sae routh and green.