Lexicographical Neighbors of Birsling
Literary usage of Birsling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lyon in Mourning: Or, A Collection of Speeches, Letters, Journals, Etc by Robert Forbes (1895)
"... and they made use of stones for birsling their bannocks before the fire.
When they were parting with Lady ..."
2. Jacobite Memoirs of the Rebellion of 1745 by Robert Forbes (1834)
"They had all along a wooden plate for making their dough for bread, and they made
use of stones for birsling their bannocks before the fire. ..."
3. The Men of the Moss Hags: Being a History of Adventure by S[amuel] R[utherford] Crockett (1895)
"... cakes that were my father's favourites, and as she bent over the fire, there
was a sound as if rain-drops were falling and birsling upon the hot girdle. ..."
4. The Men of the Moss-hags: Being a History of Adventure Taken from the Papers by Samuel Rutherford Crockett (1895)
"... cakes that were my father's favourites, and as she bent over the fire, there
was a sound as if rain-drops were falling and birsling upon the hot girdle. ..."
Other Resources:
