birling, vbl. n. Obs. exc. dial.
(ˈbɜːlɪŋ)
[f. birle v. + -ing1.]
The action of drawing or pouring out liquor; also fig.
| a 1340 Hampole Psalter lxxiv. 7 [lxxv. 8] Chalis of clere wyn that is, birlynge of rightwis dome. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 51 Bryllynge of drynke, propinacio. 1818 Scott Br. Lamm. xxiii, The Tod's-hole, an house of entertainment where there has been mony a blithe birling. |