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birling
birling , sport in which two competitors try to maintain balance on a floating log, each seeking to rotate the log and spill the other into the water. With origins in the spring log drives in New England, it became popular with American lumberjacks after the middle of the 19th cent. The first public sponsored match was in 1888. |
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Birling
Birling, probably ‘(settlement of) the family or followers of a man called *Bǣrla’, OE pers. name + -ingas: Birling Kent. Boerlingas 788, Berlinge 1086 (DB). Birling Northum. Berlinga 1187.
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A. D. MILLS. "Birling." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. A. D. MILLS. "Birling." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Birling.html A. D. MILLS. "Birling." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Birling.html |
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