Birch: alternatives and connections

Abounding with wood or woods; as, woody land.

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Abounding with wood or woods; as, woody land.

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To beat or strike with a rod or whip; to whip; to lash; to chastise with repeated blows.

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The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.

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Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water.

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To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.

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A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging.

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A small, flexible twig or rod.

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Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk.

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To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.

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That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it

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To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet.

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Mad; insane; possessed; rabid; furious; frantic.

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Of or relating to birch.

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To whip with a birch or rod.

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