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Definition of Birches

Birches
Birch Birch (b[~e]rch), n.; pl. Birches (-[e^]z). [OE. birche, birk, AS. birce, beorc; akin to Icel. bj["o]rk, Sw. bj["o]rk, Dan. birk, D. berk, OHG. piricha, MHG. birche, birke, G. birke, Russ. bereza, Pol. brzoza, Serv. breza, Skr. bh[=u]rja. [root]254. Cf. 1st Birk.] 1. A tree of several species, constituting the genus Betula; as, the white or common birch (B. alba) (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch (B. glandulosa); the paper or canoe birch (B. papyracea); the yellow birch (B. lutea); the black or cherry birch (B. lenta). 2. The wood or timber of the birch. 3. A birch twig or birch twigs, used for flogging. Note: The twigs of the common European birch (B. alba), being tough and slender, were formerly much used for rods in schools. They were also made into brooms. The threatening twigs of birch. --Shak. 4. A birch-bark canoe. Birch of Jamaica, a species (Bursera gummifera) of turpentine tree. Birch partridge. (Zo["o]l.) See Ruffed grouse. Birch wine, wine made of the spring sap of the birch. Oil of birch. (a) An oil obtained from the bark of the common European birch (Betula alba), and used in the preparation of genuine (and sometimes of the imitation) Russia leather, to which it gives its peculiar odor. (b) An oil prepared from the black birch (B. lenta), said to be identical with the oil of wintergreen, for which it is largely sold.

Meaning of Birches from wikipedia

- drunk or used to make syrup and birch beer. Tea can be made from the red inner bark of black birches. White-barked birches in particular are cultivated as...
- the Navy's birches, the Admiralty had specimens called patterned birch (as well as a patterned cane), kept in every major dockyard, as birches had to be...
- The Birches may refer to: The Birches, County Armagh, a settlement in Northern Ireland The Birches (Belgrade Lakes, Maine), a house listed on the U.S....
- One could do worse than be a swinger of birches. When the speaker (the poet himself) sees a row of bent birches in contrast to straight trees, he likes...
- "Birches" (poem), a poem by Robert Frost Birch (surname) The Birch, an American undergraduate journal of Eastern European and Eurasian culture "Birch"...
- Silver Birches may refer to: in Canada Silver Birches (Salvation Army Camp), in Newfoundland, near Corner Brook in the United States Silver Birches (hotel)...
- Birches Head is an area of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. Formerly Birches Head Farm, the area has had modern housing built on it. The local...
- above (incomplete) list was compiled from the references cited below. Birches will hybridise very freely, particularly in cultivation but also in the...
- pest on birch trees (Betula), frequently killing them. The river birch Betula nigra is the most resistant species, while other American birches are less...
- northern Florida and west to Texas. It is one of the few heat-tolerant birches in a family of mostly cold-weather trees which do not thrive in USDA Zone...