Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Birched"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Birch \Birch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Birched} (b[~e]rcht); p. pr.
& vb. n. {Birching}.]
To whip with a birch rod or twig; to flog.
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