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birches
We have found lemma(root) word of birches : birch.
Definitions
[bəːtʃ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a slender hardy tree which has thin peeling bark and bears catkins. Birch trees grow chiefly in northern temperate regions and yield hard, pale, fine-grained timber
- a formal punishment in which a person is flogged with a bundle of birch twigs
(e.g: there were calls to bring back the birch)
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Origin
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Old English bierce, birce, of Germanic origin; related to German Birke
[bəːtʃ], (Verb)
Definitions:
- beat (someone) with a bundle of birch twigs as a formal punishment
(e.g: the school would attempt to birch them into submission)
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Origin
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Old English bierce, birce, of Germanic origin; related to German Birke
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