noun
- A stiff hair or bristle, especially on an animal or plant.
Usage: Scottish and Northern English dialect
Examples
- The pig's birse stood on end when it was startled.
- The birse on the plant's stem felt rough to the touch.
- He ran his hand against the birse of the brush.
- The dog's birse bristled as it growled.
- The thistle was covered in sharp birse.