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birching

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birch  (bûrch)
n.
1.
a. Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs of the genus Betula, native to the Northern Hemisphere and having unisexual flowers in catkins, alternate, simple, toothed leaves, and bark that often peels in thin papery layers.
b. The hard, close-grained wood of any of these trees, used especially in furniture, interior finishes, and plywood.
2. A rod from a birch, used to administer a whipping.
tr.v. birched, birch·ing, birch·es
To whip with or as if with a birch.

[Middle English, from Old English birce; see bherg- in Indo-European roots.]
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birch
paper birch
Betula papyrifera
Translations
birching [ˈbɜːtʃɪŋ] Nazotamiento m (con la vara)
birching
n (= act)Prügeln nt; (Jur) → Prügelstrafe f; to get a birchingmit der Rute geschlagen werden
birching [ˈbɜːtʃɪŋ] nfustigazione f


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Byline: Don Feather I AGREE whole heartedly with Colin Wynne ofOrmskirk regarding the birching of thugs.
As for overcrowding in prisons, this can be reduced - bring back birching for yobs instead of locking them up.
Jenkins refused to authorise the birching of prisoners and presided over the suspension of capital punishment.
 
 
 
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