BIRLE

birl, birle

(verb) cause a floating log to rotate by treading

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

birle (third-person singular simple present birles, present participle birling, simple past and past participle birled)

(Scotland, obsolete) To pour a drink (for).

(Scotland, obsolete) To drink deeply or excessively; carouse.

Anagrams

• Erbil, Liber., liber, libre

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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