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(1):

(n.) The wood or timber of the birch.

(2):

(n.) A tree of several species, constituting the genus Betula; as, the white or common birch (B. alba) (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch (B. glandulosa); the paper or canoe birch (B. papyracea); the yellow birch (B. lutea); the black or cherry birch (B. lenta).

(3):

(n.) A birch twig or birch twigs, used for flogging.

(4):

(v. t.) To whip with a birch rod or twig; to flog.

(5):

(n.) A birch-bark canoe.

(6):

(a.) Of or pertaining to the birch; birchen.