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Birch vs Widdy - What's the difference?

birch | widdy |

As nouns the difference between birch and widdy

is that birch is any of various trees of the genus betula , native to countries in the northern hemisphere while widdy is (scotland) a rope or halter made of flexible twigs, or withes, as of birch or widdy can be .

As a verb birch

is to punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.

birch

English

(wikipedia birch)

Noun

(es)
  • any of various trees of the genus Betula , native to countries in the Northern Hemisphere.
  • a hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture.
  • a stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment.
  • A birch-bark canoe.

    • Derived terms

    * birch beer * birch bolete * birch bracket * birchlike * birch of Jamaica * * (l) * birch wine * birchy * (l) * cherry birch * (l) * oil of birch * paper birch * river birch * silver birch * (l) * yellow birch

    Verb

    (es)
  • to punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
  • to punish as though one were using a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.

    • Derived terms

    * birchen * birch wood

    widdy

    English

    Etymology 1

    Compare (withy).

    Noun

    (widdies)
  • (Scotland) A rope or halter made of flexible twigs, or withes, as of birch.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (widdies)
  • * 1877 —
    • I'm no saucy minx and giddy—
    Hussies such as them abound—
    But a clean and tidy widdy
    Well be-known for miles around.
    (Webster 1913)