Birk"en, a. Birchen; as, birken groves. Burns.
Bir"kie (&?;), n. A lively or mettlesome fellow. [Jocular, Scot.] Burns.
Birl (&?;), v. t. & i. To revolve or cause to revolve; to spin. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
Birl (&?;), v. t. & i. [AS. byrlian. √92.] To pour (beer or wine); to ply with drink; to drink; to carouse. [Obs. or Dial.] Skelton.
Bir"law (&?;), n. [See By-law.] (Law) A law made by husbandmen respecting rural affairs; a rustic or local law or by-law. [Written also byrlaw, birlie, birley.]
{ Bi*ros`trate (&?;), Bi*ros"tra*ted (&?;), } a. [Pref. bi- + rostrate.] Having a double beak, or two processes resembling beaks.
The capsule is bilocular and birostrated.
Ed. Encyc.
Birr (&?;), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Birred (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Birring.] [Cf. OE. bur, bir, wind, storm wind, fr. Icel. byrr wind. Perh. imitative.] To make, or move with, a whirring noise, as of wheels in motion.
Birr, n. 1. A whirring sound, as of a spinning wheel.