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   birch

   /bəːtʃ/

   noun

   • 1. 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.
   • ▪ the hard fine-grained pale wood of birch trees.
   • 2. a formal punishment in which a person is flogged with a bundle of birch twigs: historical "there were calls to bring back the birch"

   verb

   • 1. beat (someone) with a bundle of birch twigs as a formal punishment: historical "the school would attempt to birch them into submission"

   Word Origin Old Englishbierce, birce, of Germanic origin; related to German Birke.

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