birse

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Scots birse (bristle, hair).

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Noun

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birse (plural birses)

  1. (Scotland) bristle

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References

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birse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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Scots

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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birse (plural birses)

  1. bristle, hair
  2. sheaf, plume (of bristles)
  3. beard
  4. anger, temper
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Verb

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birse (third-person singular simple present birses, present participle birsin, simple past birsed, past participle birsed)

  1. to put a bristle on
  2. to flare up, get angry
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  • birsie (bristly, hairy; hot-tempered, passionate; of the weather: keen, sharp; difficult)
  • birsed-ends (a shoemaker's thread)

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Noun

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birse (plural birses)

  1. (medicine) bruise
  2. pressure

Verb

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birse (third-person singular simple present birses, present participle birsin, simple past birsed, past participle birsed)

  1. to bruise
  2. to push, press, squeeze
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