birch : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: birch	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for birch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
birch adj consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree [syn: birch, birchen, birken] n hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark Synonym(s): birch, birch tree a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment; "my father never spared the birch" Synonym(s): birch, birch rod v whip with a birch twig
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Birch \Birch\, a. Of or pertaining to the birch; birchen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Birch \Birch\ (b[etil]rch), n.; pl. {Birches} (-[ecr]z). [OE. birche, birk, AS. birce, beorc; akin to Icel. bj[94]rk, Sw. bj[94]rk, Dan. birk, D. berk, OHG. piricha, MHG. birche, birke, G. birke, Russ. bereza, Pol. brzoza, Serv. breza, Skr. bh[umac]rja. [root]254. Cf. 1st {Birk}.] 1. A tree of several species, constituting the genus {Betula}; as, the white or common birch ({B. alba}) (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch ({B. glandulosa}); the paper or canoe birch ({B. papyracea}); the yellow birch ({B. lutea}); the black or cherry birch ({B. lenta}). 2. The wood or timber of the birch. 3. A birch twig or birch twigs, used for flogging. Note: The twigs of the common European birch (B. alba), being tough and slender, were formerly much used for rods in schools. They were also made into brooms. The threatening twigs of birch. --Shak. 4. A birch-bark canoe. {Birch of Jamaica}, a species ({Bursera gummifera}) of turpentine tree. {Birch partridge}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ruffed grouse}. {Birch wine}, wine made of the spring sap of the birch. {Oil of birch}. (a) An oil obtained from the bark of the common European birch ({Betula alba}), and used in the preparation of genuine (and sometimes of the imitation) Russia leather, to which it gives its peculiar odor. (b) An oil prepared from the black birch ({B. lenta}), said to be identical with the oil of wintergreen, for which it is largely sold.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Birch \Birch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Birched} (b[etil]rcht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Birching}.] To whip with a birch rod or twig; to flog.