birch
/bɝt͡ʃ/ verb C2- To punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
- To punish as though one were using a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
He/she/it birches · Past birched · Past participle birched · -ing form birching
Verb forms
- Base form
- birch
- He/she/it
- birches
- Past
- birched
- Past participle
- birched
- -ing form
- birching
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But if you’ll take my advice--which I suppose you won’t do, although I’ve brought up ten children and buried two--you’ll do that ‘talking to’ you mention with a fair-sized birch switch.
The amiable suggestion of the birch switch--to the efficiency of which all of Mrs.
William Bell’s birch grove tomorrow.
William Bell, and right in the corner there is a little ring of white birch trees--the most romantic spot, Marilla.
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