birch
11birch — [ bɜrtʃ ] noun 1. ) count a tall tree with thin branches and an outer layer that comes off in thin strips like paper a ) uncount the wood from this tree 2. ) the birch BRITISH an old fashioned form of CORPORAL PUNISHMENT in which someone is hit… …
12Birch|er — «BUR chuhr», noun. a member of the John Birch Society, an ultraconservative American political organization founded in 1958 …
13Birch [1] — Birch, Bai an der NWKüste von Amerika, seit 1846 Grenze zwischen dem englischen u. nordamerikanischen Gebiet …
14Birch [2] — Birch, 1) Cbristian, aus Kopenhagen, lernte 1823 die Folgende in Hamburg kennen u. folgte ihr nach München, wo er sie 1825 heirathete u. eine Anstellung bei der Theaterintendantur erhielt; er schr.: Ludwig Philipp I., Stuttg. 1841–43, 2 Bde., 2.… …
15birch — index lash (strike) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
16Birch — Taxobox name = Birch image width = 240px image caption = Silver Birch regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Fagales familia = Betulaceae genus = Betula genus authority = L. subdivision ranks = Species subdivision …
17birch — /berrch/, n. 1. any tree or shrub of the genus Betula, comprising species with a smooth, laminated outer bark and close grained wood. Cf. birch family. 2. the wood itself. 3. a birch rod, or a bundle of birch twigs, used esp. for whipping. adj. 4 …
18Birch — Recorded in many forms including Birch, Burch, Birk, and Burk (English & Irish), Birken, Birckmann, Birchner (German), Berckman and Van den Berch (Dutch and Flemish), Bjork, Bjorkan, Bjerkan and Bjorkman (Scandanavian & Swedish), this interesting …
19birch — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English beorc; akin to Old High German birka birch, Old English beorht bright, and probably to Latin fraxinus ash tree more at bright Date: before 12th century 1. any of a genus (Betula of the family… …
20birch — /bɜtʃ / (say berch) noun 1. any tree or shrub of the genus Betula, comprising species with a smooth, laminated outer bark and close grained wood. 2. the wood itself. 3. any of various unrelated trees with similar timbers, such as the Norfolk… …
