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_Birl_ seems to be a dimin from the v _Birr_, used in the same sense, formed by means of the letter _l_, a common note of diminution

BIRS, BIRSE, BYRSS, BIRSSIS, _s_

1 A bristle, ”a sow's _birse_,” the bristle of a sow, S

_Evergreen_

2 Metaph for the beard

_Knox_

3 Metaph for the indication of rage or displeasure ”To set up one's _birss_,” to put one in a rage The _birse_ is also said to _rise_, when one's temper becomes warm, in allusion to animals fenced with bristles, that defend thee in this way, S

_Course of Conformitie_

A S _byrst_, Germ _borst_, _burst_, Su G _borst_, id Ihre derives it from _burr_, a thistle Sw _saettia up borsten_, to put one in a rage; _borsta sig_, to give one's self airs, E to bristle up

~Birssy~, _adj_

1 Having bristles, rough, S

_Douglas_

2 Hot-tempered, easily irritated, S

3 Keen, sharp; applied to the weather ”A _birssy_ day,” a cold bleak day, S B

_To_ BIRSE, BIRZE, BRIZE, _v a_

1 To bruise, S

_Watson_

_Palice of Honour_

_Brise_ is common in O E

2 To push or drive; _to birse in_, to push in, S

_shi+rrefs_

A S _brys-an_, Belg _brys-en_; Ir _bris-im_; Fr _bris-er_, id

BIRSE, BRIZE, _s_ A bruise, S