birsen.

Brit.

/bəːs/, U.S.

/bərs/, Scottish English

/bɪrs/,

/bʌrs/

Forms: Old English byrst, Middle English brust, 1500s byrs(s, birs. Plural birses; also 1500s–1600s byrss.

Etymology: Cognate with Old High German burst, bursti, Old Norse burst, Swedish borst, Danish børste bristle. Only Scots in later times.

Scottish in later use.

a. = bristle n. ( to lick the birse: to pass a small bunch of hog's bristles through the mouth—as is done on being made a ‘soutar of Selkirk.’)

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [noun] > coat > hair, wool, or fur > bristle

birsea700

brusta1000

bristlec1314

setule1826

seta1858

chaeta1896

a700 Epinal Gl. 905 Seta, byrst.

c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 156 Swylce swinene byrst.

c1330 Rouland & V. 860 No is worþ þe brust of a swin.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid viii. iv. 181 The rouch byrsis on the brest and crest Of that..beist.

1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 338 (Jam.) The souter gae the sow a kiss; ‘grumph,’ quo she, ‘its a' for the birse.’

1724 A. Ramsay Ever-green (1761) I. 253 Knichts of the Birs and Thumble.

1815 W. Scott in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1839) V. xxxvi. 123 I am still puzzled to dispose of the Birse. Note. A birse or bunch of hog's bristles forms the cognizance of the Sutors.

1882 Society 14 Oct. 5/1 Mr. G. O. Trevelyan..will require to ‘lick the birse’ at Selkirk.

b. Short hair of the beard or body.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [noun] > short hair of beard or body

birsea1572

a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 147 Many of thame lacked beardis..and tharefore could not bukkill other by the byrse.

a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 255 They lay aside a' tender mercies An' tirl the hallions to the birsies.

2. figurative. In the phrase to set up the birse, etc.: Temper, rage, anger, in allusion to animals that bristle up when irritated.

ΚΠ

1622 Course Conformitie 153 (Jam.) Now his birse rise when he heareth the one.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. vi. 171 He wad set up the tother's birse, and maybe do mair ill nor gude.

1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. iii. xi. 263 To smooth the birsses of their husbands.

1871 Guthrie Speech Westm. Hotel 19 July This set up my birse.

Derivatives

birsit adj. Scottish bristled, bristly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > having a coat > hairy, furry, or woolly > having bristles or bristly

bristleda1300

birsya1522

birsit1553

bristling1607

stickle-haired1615

starey1869

chaetigerous1896

1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados vi. xvi. 35 The birsit baris, and beris in thar styis Foring all wod.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	birse
释义	birsen. Brit. /bəːs/, U.S. /bərs/, Scottish English /bɪrs/, /bʌrs/ Forms: Old English byrst, Middle English brust, 1500s byrs(s, birs. Plural birses; also 1500s–1600s byrss. Etymology: Cognate with Old High German burst, bursti, Old Norse burst, Swedish borst, Danish børste bristle. Only Scots in later times. Scottish in later use. 1. a. = bristle n. ( to lick the birse: to pass a small bunch of hog's bristles through the mouth—as is done on being made a ‘soutar of Selkirk.’) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [noun] > coat > hair, wool, or fur > bristle birsea700 brusta1000 bristlec1314 setule1826 seta1858 chaeta1896 a700 Epinal Gl. 905 Seta, byrst. c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 156 Swylce swinene byrst. c1330 Rouland & V. 860 No is worþ þe brust of a swin. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid viii. iv. 181 The rouch byrsis on the brest and crest Of that..beist. 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 338 (Jam.) The souter gae the sow a kiss; ‘grumph,’ quo she, ‘its a' for the birse.’ 1724 A. Ramsay Ever-green (1761) I. 253 Knichts of the Birs and Thumble. 1815 W. Scott in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1839) V. xxxvi. 123 I am still puzzled to dispose of the Birse. Note. A birse or bunch of hog's bristles forms the cognizance of the Sutors. 1882 Society 14 Oct. 5/1 Mr. G. O. Trevelyan..will require to ‘lick the birse’ at Selkirk. b. Short hair of the beard or body. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [noun] > short hair of beard or body birsea1572 a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 147 Many of thame lacked beardis..and tharefore could not bukkill other by the byrse. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 255 They lay aside a' tender mercies An' tirl the hallions to the birsies. 2. figurative. In the phrase to set up the birse, etc.: Temper, rage, anger, in allusion to animals that bristle up when irritated. ΚΠ 1622 Course Conformitie 153 (Jam.) Now his birse rise when he heareth the one. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. vi. 171 He wad set up the tother's birse, and maybe do mair ill nor gude. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. iii. xi. 263 To smooth the birsses of their husbands. 1871 Guthrie Speech Westm. Hotel 19 July This set up my birse. Derivatives birsit adj. Scottish bristled, bristly. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > having a coat > hairy, furry, or woolly > having bristles or bristly bristleda1300 birsya1522 birsit1553 bristling1607 stickle-haired1615 starey1869 chaetigerous1896 1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados vi. xvi. 35 The birsit baris, and beris in thar styis Foring all wod. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a700
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