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_To_ BIRSLE, BIRSTLE, BRISSLE, _v. a._

1. To burn slightly, to broil, to parch by means of fire; as, _to birsle pease_, S.

_Douglas._

2. To scorch; referring to the heat of the sun, S.

_Douglas._

3. To warm at a lively fire, S. A. Bor. _brusle_, id.

Su. G. _brasa_, a lively fire; whence Isl. _brys_, ardent heat, and _bryss-a_, to act with fervour, _ec breiske_, torreo, aduro; A. S.

_brastl_, glowing, _brastlian_, to burn, to make a crackling noise.

BIRSLE, BRISSLE, _s._ A hasty toasting or scorching, S.

BIRTH, BYRTH, _s._ Size, bulk, burden.

V. ~Burding~.

_Douglas._

Isl. _byrd_, _byrth-ur_, _byrth-i_, Dan. _byrde_, Su. G. _boerd_, burden; whence _byrding_, navis oneraria. The origin is Isl. _ber-a_, Su. G. _baer-a_, A. S. _ber-an_, _byr-an_, portare.

BIRTH, _s._ A current in the sea, caused by a furious tide, but taking a different course from it, Orkn. Caithn.

_Statist. Acc._

Isl. _byrdia_, currere, festinare, Verel.; as apparently signifying a strong _current_.

BY-RUNIS, _s. pl._ Arrears.

_Skene._

This is formed like ~By-ganes~, q. v.

BYRUNNING, _part. pr._ Waved.

_Douglas._

Moes. G. _birinn-an_, percurrere.

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