[f. prec.] intr. To emit a whirring noise; to move rapidly with such a noise. Hence Birring ppl. a.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, IX. ix. 134. Ane gret staf slung, byrrand wyth felloun wecht.
1786. Burns, Tam Samson’s El., viii. Rejoice ye birring paitricks a’.
1791. A. Wilson, Laurel Disp., Poet. Wks. 125. The lasses’ wheels, thrang birring round the ingle.
1802. A. Campbell, in Tales Borders (1863), I. 157. They were both seated in the gig, and birring it on merrily towards Carlisle.
