vbl. sb. Obs. exc. dial. [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.
