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_Minst. Border._

3. To drink plentifully, S.

_Douglas._

4. To club money for the purpose of procuring drink. ”I'll _birle_ my bawbie,” I will contribute my share of the expence; S.

_Ramsay._

In Isl. it is used in the first sense; _byrl-a_, infundere, miscere potum. In A. S. it occurs in sense third, _biril-ian_, _birl-ian_, haurire. Hence _byrle_, a butler. Isl. _byrlar_, id. _Birle_, O. E.

has the same signification.

_To_ BIRL, _v. n._

V. ~Birr~, _v._

BIRLAW-COURT, also BIRLEY-COURT.

V. ~Burlaw~.

BIRLEY-OATS, BARLEY-OATS, _s. pl._ A species of oats, S.

_Statist. Acc._

It seems to have received its name from its supposed resemblance to _barley_.

BIRLIE, _s._ A loaf of bread; S. B.

BIRLIN, _s._ A small vessel used in the Western Islands.

_Martin._

Probably of Scandinavian origin, as Sw. _bars_ is a kind of s.h.i.+p; and _berling_, a boat-staff, Seren. I am informed, however, that in Gael. the word is written _bhuirlin_.

_To_ BIRN, _v. a._ To burn.

V. ~Bryn~.

BIRN, BIRNE, _s._ A burnt mark; S.

_Acts Charles II._

_Skin and Birn_, a common phrase, denoting the whole of any thing, or of any number of persons or things; S. from A. S. _byrn_, burning.