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Definition: BIRSE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A bristle or bristles.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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"Birse" is a common misspelling or typo for: burse, birsle.

Date "Birse" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1852. (references)


Extended Definition: BIRSE

Birse

For the Swiss river, see Birs.
Birse
Birse (Scotland)
Birse

Birse shown within Scotland
OS grid reference NO5597
Shire county Aberdeenshire
Constituent country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police
Fire
Ambulance Scottish
European Parliament Scotland
List of places: UK • Scotland

Coordinates: 57°04′N 2°44′W / 57.06, -2.74

Birse is a parish in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, which includes the communities of Finzean and Ballogie. However the name Birse is often used to refer only to the north-western part of the parish which lies on the south side of the River Dee, Aberdeenshire, opposite the village of Aboyne. The south-west part of the parish is a sparsely populated upland area known as the Forest of Birse.

New houses in Birse
New houses in Birse

External Links

Historical Boundary Map of Birse Parish

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Birse". Image Credit.
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