Birch

·noun A birch-bark canoe.

II. Birch ·noun The wood or timber of the birch.

III. Birch ·adj Of or pertaining to the birch; birchen.

IV. Birch ·noun A birch twig or birch twigs, used for flogging.

V. Birch ·vt To whip with a birch rod or twig; to Flog.

VI. Birch ·noun 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).