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Birr [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A whirring sound, as of a spinning wheel.

2. A rush or impetus; force.

Birr [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To make, or move with, a whirring noise, as of wheels in motion.

Birred [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Birring [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Birrus [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A coarse kind of thick woolen cloth, worn by the poor in the Middle Ages; also, a woolen cap or hood worn over the shoulders or over the head.