birsy, a. Sc.
(ˈbəsɪ, Sc. ˈbɪrsɪ)
[f. birse n.1 + -y1.]
= bristly, bristling lit. and fig.
| 1513 Douglas æneis x. iv. 127 The monstre..With byrsy body. 1810 Tannahill Poems (1846) 145 His black birsie beard. 1836 Scot. Month. Mag. July 183 The creature was a birsie bodie. |