birch [burch] noun (plural birch·es) 1. tall tree with - TopicsExpress



          

birch [burch] noun (plural birch·es) 1. tall tree with peeling bark: a tall slender tree with papery, peeling bark. Native to: northern hemisphere. Genus: Betula 2. wood of birch: the pale wood of the birch tree 3. rod for flogging somebody: a birch rod or bundle of twigs, formerly used to beat people as a punishment transitive verb (past and past participle birched, present participle birch·ing, 3rd person present singular birch·es) punish somebody by beating: to beat somebody with a birch rod as a punishment [ Old English birce < Indo-European] Microsoft® Encarta® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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