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v. Present participle of birch.

n. A beating with a birch.

"There is also a simply delightful encounter with a birching enthusiast named Mr. Barvile."

woody   

birched    birches    birching   

switch    wood    strap    welt    slash    trounce    flog    lather    lash    whip   

gray birch    old field-birch    moor-birch    gumbo-limbo    white birch    black birch    bog birch    west indian birch    water-birch    indian paper-birch   

birched    birching    birchen    birch wood   

birchen    flog   

Church    church    lurch    perch    research    search   

willow    maple    cedar    hickory    sycamore    evergreen    pine    larch    juniper    chestnut