What does birle mean?
Birle means (Scotland, obsolete) To pour a drink (for)..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(Scotland, obsolete) To pour a drink (for)..
c.1882-1898, Francis James Child (collector and editor), Child's Ballads, Number 68: "Young Hunting", She has birld in him Young Hunting / The good ale and the beer, / Till he was as fou drunken / As any wild-wood steer.
c.1882-1898, Francis James Child (collector and editor), Child's Ballads, Number 73: "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet", They birled, they birled at Annies wake / The white bread and the wine, / And ere the morn at that same time / At his they birled the same.
Use birle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Birle means (Scotland, obsolete) To pour a drink (for)..
Common synonyms include birl.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
c.1882-1898, Francis James Child (collector and editor), Child's Ballads, Number 68: "Young Hunting", She has birld in him Young Hunting / The good ale and the beer, / Till he was as fou drunken / As any wild-wood steer.
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