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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Scots birse (“bristle, hair”).
Pronunciation
Noun
birse (plural birses)
- (Scotland) bristle
Derived terms
References
“birse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Scots
Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
Noun
birse (plural birses)
- bristle, hair
- sheaf, plume (of bristles)
- beard
- anger, temper
Derived terms
Verb
birse (third-person singular simple present birses, present participle birsin, simple past birsed, past participle birsed)
- to put a bristle on
- to flare up, get angry
Derived terms
- birsie (“bristly, hairy; hot-tempered, passionate; of the weather: keen, sharp; difficult”)
- birsed-ends (“a shoemaker's thread”)
Etymology 2
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Pronunciation
Noun
birse (plural birses)
- (medicine) bruise
- pressure
Verb
birse (third-person singular simple present birses, present participle birsin, simple past birsed, past participle birsed)
- to bruise
- to push, press, squeeze
Derived terms