birk1 (berk)

Northern English and Scotch form of birch. IMG:content-2094.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2095.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Beggar-my-neighbor: a game at cards. Auld birkie, old boy. [Colloq.] birl i (bérl), v. [Sc. and E. dial., also burl, Icel. byrl a ), pour out drink, byrele (> Icel. byrl i ), a cupbearer, butler (perhaps connected with OS. biril = OHG. biril, a basket), prop. a carrier, bearer, To byrle them of the best. Skelton , Elynour Rummyng, 1. 269. 2. To supply or ply with drink. II. in trans. To drink in company; carouse. [A modern forced use.] birl2 (bėrl), v. [Appar. imitative; cf. birr a , bur2 , whirl, whir, tirl, etc.] I. in trans. To move or rotate rapidly; make a noise like that made by wheels moving rapidly over stones or gravel. II. trans. To cause to rotate; twirl or spin (as a coin) in the air or on a table, as in pitch and-to ; hence, to to out (a coin or coins) on the table as one's contribution; contribute as one's share in paying for drinks: as, “I'll birl my bawbee," Scotch song.