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A whirring sound, as of a spinning wheel.
To make, or move with, a whirring noise, as of wheels in motion.
of Birr
of Birr
A coarse kind of thick woolen cloth, worn by the poor in the Middle Ages; also, a woolen cap or hood worn over the shoulders or over the head.
A bristle or bristles.
A fish of the turbot kind; the brill.
Origin; beginning; as, the birth of an empire.
See Berth.
That which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable.
The act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth.
Lineage; extraction; descent; sometimes, high birth; noble extraction.
The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.
The condition to which a person is born; natural state or position; inherited disposition or tendency.
The day of the month in which a person was born, in whatever succeeding year it may recur; the anniversary of one's birth.
Of or pertaining to the day of birth, or its anniversary; as, birthday gifts or festivities.
The day in which any person is born; day of origin or commencement.
The land of one's birth; one's inheritance.
Anything added to raise the sides of a ship.
Of mean extraction.