Definition of Birsle

1. to scorch [v BIRSLED, BIRSLING, BIRSLES] - See also: scorch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Birsle

birotunda
birotundas
birr
birred
birretta
birrettas
birring
birrotch
birrs
birrus
birruses
birse
birses
birsier
birsiest
birsle (current term)
birsled
birsles
birsling
birsy
birt
birth
birth-control campaigner
birth-control reformer
birth amputation
birth certificate
birth certificates
birth chair
birth control

Literary usage of Birsle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"The at of pressing ; the pressure made by a crowd ; as, " W had an awfu' birst," S. To birsle, ... birsle ..."

2. Graded Literature Readers by Harry Pratt Judson, Ida C. Bender (1901)
"That one good Scotch word, " birsle," was indeed the 25 most of the story of the day that we had now to pass. You are to remember that we lay on the bare ..."

3. Graded Literature Readers: Seventh Book by Harry Pratt Judson, Ida C. Bender (1901)
"That one good Scotch word, " birsle," was indeed the 25 most of the story of the day that we had now to pass. ..."

4. A Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are Explained in by John Jamieson (1867)
"... the pressure made by a crowd ; as, " We had an awfu' birte," S. To birsle, ... birsle ..."

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