Part 1135

<cs><col>Birch of Jamaica</col>, <cd>a species (<spn>Bursera gummifera</spn>) of turpentine tree.</cd> -- <col>Birch partridge</col>. <cd><fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> See <er>Ruffed grouse</er>.</cd> -- <col>Birch wine</col>, <cd>wine made of the spring sap of the birch.</cd> -- <col>Oil of birch</col>. <cd><sd>(a)</sd> An oil obtained from the bark of the common European birch (<spn>Betula alba</spn>), and used in the preparation of genuine ( and sometimes of the imitation) Russia leather, to which it gives its peculiar odor. <sd>(b)</sd> An oil prepared from the black birch <spn>(B. lenta)</spn>, said to be identical with the oil of wintergreen, for which it is largely sold.</cd></cs>

<h1>Birch</h1> <Xpage=147>

<hw>Birch</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the birch; birchen.</def>

<h1>Birch</h1> <Xpage=147>

<hw>Birch</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp & p. p.</tt> <er>Birched</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Birching</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To whip with a birch rod or twig; to flog.</def>

<h1>Birchen</h1> <Xpage=147>

<hw>Birch"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or relating to birch.</def>

<blockquote>He passed where Newark's stately tower Looks out from Yarrow's <b>birchen</b> bower. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bird</h1> <Xpage=147>

<hw>Bird</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>brid</ets>, <ets>bred</ets>, <ets>bird</ets>, young bird, bird, AS. <ets>bridd</ets> young bird. <?/92.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).</def>

<blockquote>That ungentle gull, the cuckoo's <b>bird</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>brydds</b> [birds] of the aier have nestes. <i>Tyndale (Matt. viii. 20).</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings. See <er>Aves</er>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Fig.: A girl; a maiden.</def>

<blockquote>And by my word! the bonny <b>bird</b> In danger shall not tarry. <i>Campbell.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Arabian bird</col>, <cd>the phenix.</cd> -- <col>Bird of Jove</col>, <cd>the eagle.</cd> -- <col>Bird of Juno</col>, <cd>the peacock.</cd> -- <col>Bird louse</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a wingless insect of the group Mallophaga, of which the genera and species are very numerous and mostly parasitic upon birds. -- Bird mite <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, a small mite (genera <spn>Dermanyssus</spn>, <spn>Dermaleichus</spn> and allies) parasitic upon birds. The species are numerous.</cd> -- <col>Bird of passage</col>, <cd>a migratory bird.</cd> -- <col>Bird spider</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a very large South American spider (<spn>Mygale avicularia</spn>). It is said sometimes to capture and kill small birds.</cd> -- <col>Bird tick</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a dipterous insect parasitic upon birds (genus <spn>Ornithomyia</spn>, and allies), usually winged.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bird</h1> <Xpage=147>

<hw>Bird</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To catch or shoot birds.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence: To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Birdbolt</h1> <Xpage=147>

<hw>Bird"bolt`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A short blunt arrow for killing birds without piercing them. Hence: Anything which smites without penetrating.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Bird cage, &or; Birdcage</h1> <Xpage=147>

<hw><hw>Bird" cage"</hw>, &or; <hw>Bird"cage`</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A cage for confining birds.</def>

<h1>Birdcall</h1> <Xpage=147>

<hw>Bird"call`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A sound made in imitation of the note or cry of a bird for the purpose of decoying the bird or its mate.</def>