Birle

Quick meaning: Birle is a verb meaning (Scotland, obsolete) To pour a drink (for).

Meaning

(Scotland, obsolete) To pour a drink (for).

More Meanings

1. (Scotland, obsolete) To drink deeply or excessively; carouse.

Example Sentences

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.

Word Forms

• birles
• birling
• birled
• birl

Synonyms for birle

Depending on context, synonyms include birl.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include birl, jirble, lage, birr, bottom, bevvy.

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