Birk

Word BIRK
Character 4
Hyphenation birk
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Birk"

What do we mean by birk?

Birch. noun

Northern English and Scotch form of birch. noun

To give a tart answer; converse in a sharp and cutting way.

A small European minnow (Leuciscus phoxinus). noun

A birch tree. noun

A birch tree. noun

A small European minnow (Leuciscus phoxinus). noun

Alternative spelling of berk. noun

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The word "birk" in example sentences

I've often wondered why it is pronounced "birk" when it derives from berkeley hoon. ❋ Guidoadmin (2009)

I was at the birk store with a friend who was trying them on. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I spent ten years at the part-time working, child-caring, birk-wearing partner type. ❋ Ms Robinson (2008)

I won't even make you get rid of the birk but only one? ❋ Unknown (2007)

Sons o birk an pine an rowan, Jocks an Ivans by the score ❋ Unknown (1997)

In Scotland the channering worm doth chide even the souls that come from where, "beside the gate of Paradise, the birk grows fair enough." ❋ Various (N/A)

'Twas when the wan leaf frae the birk-tree was fa'in ', vol. ii., ❋ Various (N/A)

Oh, hast thou forgotten the birk-tree's shade, vol. iv., ❋ Various (N/A)

Sweet smells the birk, green grows, green grows the grass, ❋ Various (N/A)

They would then say, _Birk eeaudee, birk attajar u straha_, "Alight, I pray thee, alight, merchant! and rest yourself." ❋ Abd Salam Shabeeny (N/A)

'Twas when the wan leaf frae the birk tree was fa'in ', ❋ Various (N/A)

The angelica is like the green birk of that superb fragment, the ballad of the Wife of Usher's Well -- a little more frankly heathen, of course -- ❋ Grammaticus Saxo (N/A)

And there’s Dunbog has warned the Red Rotten and John Young aff his grunds—black be his cast! he’s nae gentleman, nor drap’s build o’ gentleman, wad grudge twa gangrel puir bodies the shelter o’ a waste house, and the thristles by the road-side for a bit cuddy, and the bits o’ rotten birk to boil their drap parritch wi’. ❋ Unknown (1917)

‘Sweet smells the birk, green grows, green grows the grass, ❋ Unknown (1909)

The sweet-scented birk shades my Mary and me. [birch] ❋ William Allan Neilson (1907)

And out of the taen there grew a birk, And the ither a bonny brier. ❋ Unknown (1898)

And he pointed to t 'birk-trees by t' lake-side, wi 'boles two foot through. ❋ Frederic William Moorman (1895)

They were birk-trees, an 'their boles were that breet they fair glistened i' ❋ Frederic William Moorman (1895)

'Nay, lad, you'll noan see birk-trees like yon i' Raandhay ❋ Frederic William Moorman (1895)

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