birling2 (berling)

Same as birl in. birn1 (bern), n. [Sc.: see burn1.] A stem of dry heather; specifically, one of the stems of burnt heath which remain after the smaller twigs have been consumed, as in moor-burning. birn2 (bèrn), n. [ birostrate, birostrated (bi-ros'trāt, -tra-ted), a. [