birlingn.

/ˈbəːlɪŋ/

Etymology: < birle v. + -ing suffix¹.

Obsolete exc. dialect.

The action of drawing or pouring out liquor; also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [noun] > serving liquor

birlinga1340

draughtc1440

skinking1592

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter lxxiv. 7 [lxxv. 8] Chalis of clere wyn that is, birlynge of rightwis dome.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 51 Bryllynge of drynke, propinacio.

1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor ix, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 228 The Tod's-hole, an house of entertainment where there has been mony a blithe birling.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

birling n.²

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1903 S. E. White Forest viii. 96 The birling matches, wherein two men on a single log try to throw each other into the river by treading, squirrel fashion, in faster and faster rotation.

单词	birling
释义	birlingn. /ˈbəːlɪŋ/ Etymology: < birle v. + -ing suffix¹. Obsolete exc. dialect. The action of drawing or pouring out liquor; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [noun] > serving liquor birlinga1340 draughtc1440 skinking1592 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter lxxiv. 7 [lxxv. 8] Chalis of clere wyn that is, birlynge of rightwis dome. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 51 Bryllynge of drynke, propinacio. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor ix, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 228 The Tod's-hole, an house of entertainment where there has been mony a blithe birling. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2019). > as lemmas birling birling n.² ΚΠ 1903 S. E. White Forest viii. 96 The birling matches, wherein two men on a single log try to throw each other into the river by treading, squirrel fashion, in faster and faster rotation. extracted from birlv.² < n.a1340 as lemmas
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birlingn.

> as lemmas