Helen Fenton

Birr: Definition and part of speech

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Birr

  1. n. A rush or impetus; force.
  2. v. i. To make, or move with, a whirring noise, as of wheels in motion.
  3. n. A whirring sound, as of a spinning wheel.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Birrus: Definition and part of speech

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Birrus

  1. n. A coarse kind of thick woolen cloth, worn by the poor in the Middle Ages; also, a woolen cap or hood worn over the shoulders or over the head.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Birth: Definition and part of speech

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Birth

  1. n. See Berth.
  2. n. The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; — generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.
  3. n. Lineage; extraction; descent; sometimes, high birth; noble extraction.
  4. n. The condition to which a person is born; natural state or position; inherited disposition or tendency.
  5. n. The act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth.
  6. n. That which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable.
  7. n. Origin; beginning; as, the birth of an empire.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Birthday: Definition and part of speech

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Birthday

  1. a. Of or pertaining to the day of birth, or its anniversary; as, birthday gifts or festivities.
  2. n. The day in which any person is born; day of origin or commencement.
  3. n. The day of the month in which a person was born, in whatever succeeding year it may recur; the anniversary of one’s birth.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.