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    birch
    /bəːtʃ/

    noun

    • 1. a slender hardy tree which has thin peeling bark and bears catkins. Birch trees grow chiefly in northern temperate regions and yield hard, pale, fine-grained timber.
    • 2. a formal punishment in which a person is flogged with a bundle of birch twigs: historical "there were calls to bring back the birch"

    verb

    • 1. beat (someone) with a bundle of birch twigs as a formal punishment: historical "the school would attempt to birch them into submission"

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