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birching

verb

Meaning

  1. To punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
  2. To punish as though one were using a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
  3. A beating with a birch.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

birch tree(English)birken(English)woody(English)birch rod(English)breeching(English)belting(English)whacking(English)cudgelling(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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