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Definition of Birken
1. Adjective. Consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree.
Definition of Birken
1. v. t. To whip with a birch or rod.
2. a. Birchen; as, birken groves.
Definition of Birken
1. Adjective. (obsolete) Made of birch; birchen. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Birken
1. made of birch [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Birken
Literary usage of Birken
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Northern Germany, as Far as the Bavarian and Austrian Frontiers: As Far as by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1900)
"... (birken-Str. ; PI. D, 4) from №:*»•/(Canner-Str. ; PI. L,9) via Hasenheide,
Hallesches Thor, Anhalt and Potsdam Stations, and thence as in No. ..."
2. The Bards of Galloway: A Collection of Poems, Songs, Ballads, &c., by by Malcolm M'Lachlan Harper (1889)
"Red on the wild rose hangs the hip, White blooms the gowan on the lea— Sae white's
the breast, sae red's the lip, I'll press beneath the birken tree. ..."
3. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"On Yarrow banks the birken shaw, . S. Blythe ivas she¡ f But Phemie was a bonier
lass Can match the lads o' Galla water. . . . . /3. ..."
4. Poets and Poetry of Vermont by Abby Maria Hemenway (1858)
"COME my love, come \vi' me, Come beneath the birken tree, There I'd pass the day
wi' thee, My bonnie dearie. 'Tis the wild bird's evening song, Sounding the ..."
5. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley (1901)
"The meaning is 'the birch-wood,' birken being the adjective (v. birkenhead, Aken-
head, &c.). The variants are curious, but only found at a distance from ..."
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