birching – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
birching
n.
whipping, beating
birch
v.
whip with a birch rod
Birching
Birching is a
corporal punishment with a
birch rod, typically applied to the recipient's bare buttocks, although occasionally to the back and/or shoulders.
birch
Noun
1. hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood
(hypernym) wood
(substance-holonym) birch tree
2. any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
(synonym) birch tree
(hypernym) tree
(hyponym) yellow birch, Betula alleghaniensis, Betula leutea
(member-holonym) Betula, genus Betula
3. bundle of birch twigs used to hit people as punishment
(synonym) birch rod
(hypernym) switch
Verb
1. whip with a birch twig
(hypernym) flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce
(derivation) birch rod
Adjective
1. consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree
(synonym) birchen, birken
(similar) woody
Birching
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Birch
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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