Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lick the birse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables: lick- the birse
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To draw a hog's bristle through the mouth, as part of a ceremony of citizenship in Selkirk.

Inflected Forms

licks the birse (present, singular) licking the birse (participle, present) licked the birse (participle, past) licked the birse (past)

Questions

What does lick the birse mean?: To draw a hog's bristle through the mouth, as part of a ceremony of citizenship in Selkirk.

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