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scourge
English
Etymology
From Old French escorgier (“to whip”), from Vulgar Latin excorrigiare, consisting of ex- (“thoroughly”) + corrigia (“thong, whip”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sk??d?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /sk?d?/
- (US, also) IPA(key): /sk??d?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d?
Noun
scourge (plural scourges)
- A source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread destruction.
- A means to inflict such pain or destruction.
- A whip, often of leather.
Translations
Verb
scourge (third-person singular simple present scourges, present participle scourging, simple past and past participle scourged)
- To strike with a scourge; to flog.
Synonyms
- (to whip or scourge): Thesaurus:whip
Translations
See also
- Scourge in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “scourge”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- scrouge
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birch
English
Etymology
From Middle English birche, birk, from Old English bir?e, bier?e, from Proto-West Germanic *birkij?, from Proto-Germanic *birkij?, from Proto-Indo-European *b?erH?os.
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: bû(r)ch, IPA(key): /b?t?/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bû(r)ch, IPA(key): /b??t?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)t?
Noun
birch (countable and uncountable, plural birches)
- Any of various trees of the genus Betula, native to countries in the Northern Hemisphere.
- A hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture.
- A stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment.
- A birch-bark canoe.
Synonyms
- (stick, rod or bundle of twigs): makepeace, switch
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
birch (third-person singular simple present birches, present participle birching, simple past and past participle birched)
- to punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
- to punish as though one were using a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
Derived terms
- bircher
Translations
Middle English
Noun
birch
- Alternative form of birche
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