Webster's Dictionary 1913

2755

Birdling

Bird″ling, n. A little bird; a nestling.

2756

Birdman

Bird″man (�), n. A fowler or birdcatcher.

2757

Birdman (2)

Bird″man (?), n. An aviator; airman.

2758

Birdseed

Bird″seed′ (�), n. Canary seed, hemp, millet or other small seeds used for feeding caged birds.

2759

Birdwoman

Bird″wom′an (?), n. An airwoman; an aviatress.

2760

Birectangular

Bi′rec‐tan″gu‐lar (�), a. [Pref. bi- + rectangular.] Containing or having two right angles; as, a birectangular spherical triangle.

2761

Bireme

Bi″reme (�), n. [L. biremis; bis twice + remus oar: cf. F. birème.] An ancient galley or vessel with two banks or tiers of oars.

2762

Biretta

Bi‐ret″ta (�), n. Same as Berretta.

2763

Birgander

Bir″gan‐der (�), n. See Bergander.

2764

Birk

Birk (�), n. [See Birch, n.] A birch tree. “The silver birk.” Tennyson.

2765

Birk (2)

Birk, n.(Zoöl.) A small European minnow (Leuciscus phoxinus).

2766

Birken

Birk″en (�), v. t. [From 1st Birk.] To whip with a birch or rod.

2767

Birken (2)

Birk″en, a. Birchen; as, birken groves. Burns.

2768

Birkie

Bir″kie (�), n. A lively or mettlesome fellow. Burns.

2769

Birl

Birl (�), v. t. & i. To revolve or cause to revolve; to spin. Sir W. Scott.

2770

Birl (2)

Birl (�), v. t. & i. [AS. byrlian. √92.] To pour (beer or wine); to ply with drink; to drink; to carouse. Skelton.

2771

Birlaw

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.]

2772

Birostrate

{ 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.

2773

Birr

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 n...

2774

Birr (2)

Birr, n. 1. A whirring sound, as of a spinning wheel.2. A rush or impetus; force.

2775

Birrus

Bir″rus (�), n. [LL., fr. L. birrus a kind of cloak. See Berretta.] A coarse kind of thick woolen cloth, worn by the poor in the Middle Ages; also, a woolen cap or hood worn ove...

2776

Birse

Birse (�), n. A bristle or bristles.

2777

Birt

Birt (bẽrt), n. [OE. byrte; cf. F. bertonneau. Cf. Bret, Burt.] (Zoöl.) A fish of the turbot kind; the brill. [Written also burt, bret, or brut.]

2778

Birth

Birth (bẽrth), n. [OE. burth, birth, AS. beorð, gebyrd, fr. beran to bear, bring forth; akin to D. geboorte, OHG. burt, giburt, G. geburt, Icel. burðr, Skr. bhrti bearing, suppo...

2779

Birth (2)

Birth, n. See Berth. De Foe.

2780

Birthday

Birth″day′ (bẽrth″dā′), n. 1. The day in which any person is born; day of origin or commencement.Those barbarous ages past, succeeded nextThe birthday of invention.Cowper.2. The...

2781

Birthday (2)

Birth″day′, a. Of or pertaining to the day of birth, or its anniversary; as, birthday gifts or festivities.