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[ bur-chuhn ] / ˈbɜr tʃən /
adjectiveof or relating to birch. made or consisting of birch: birchen furniture. Origin of birchenlate Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at birch, -en2 Words nearby birchenbiramous, Biratnagar, birch, birchbark biting, birch beer, birchen, Bircher, birch family, birch partridge, birch tar oil, bird Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for birchenBetter by far it seemed to me had the wolves taken my life, or I had been burnt as a birchen tree. The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson|Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson Now one of the birchen basins was set under each tree, and a hardwood chip driven deep into the cut which the axe had made. Indian Child Life|Charles A. Eastman Even the fairy lore of my first-formed library—that of the birchen box—had impressed me less. My Schools and Schoolmasters|Hugh Miller The birchen canoes were pierced, and in the excitement many were capsized. Indian Boyhood|[AKA Ohiyesa], Charles A. Eastman
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