birchen

[ bur-chuhn ]

adjective

1. of or relating to birch.
2. made or consisting of birch:

   birchen furniture.

Word History and Origins

Origin of birchen¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; birch, -en ²

Example Sentences

Then Cissy ordered him to get her some warm water, which he brought from one of the kettles swinging on the birchen tripods scattered here and there about the encampment.

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The birchen flotilla gained the outlet of Lake Erie, and, shooting downwards with the stream, landed beneath the palisades of Fort Schlosser.

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He passed where Newark's stately tower Looks out from Yarrow's birchen bower.

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A rousing fire of birchen logs blazed on the open hearth.

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In this canoe, made of the outer rind of the birchen tree, they carry their family, and furniture, and all their worldly effects—children, dogs, fishing-tackle, guns, their tent, cooking utensils, and themselves.

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