See Also: birl(1)(dictionary)
birl(2)(dictionary)

strategy (iou) and birl(1) (iou)


strategy (iou)



strategy noun. L17.
[French strategie from Greek strategia office or command of a General, generalship, from strategos: see STRATEGUS.]
Greek History.
a. A government or province ruled by a strategus. rare. Only in L17.
b. The office of a strategus. rare. M19.
The Art of a commander-in-chief; the planning and direction of the larger military movements and overall operations of a campaign. Cf. TACTICS 1. E19.
b. An instance or variety of this. M19.
c. The Art or skill of careful planning towards an advantage or a desired end; an instance of this, a stratagem. M19.
d. In game theory, business theory, etc., a plan for successful action based on the rationality and interdependence of the moves of opposing or competing participants. M20.

birl(1) (iou)



birl noun. . M19.
[Imit.: cf. BIRL verb.]
A twist, a spin, a whirl. Scot. & north. M19.
A rattling or whirring sound. Scot. & north. L19.
A try, an attempt. Esp. in give it a birl. Austral. & NZ colloq. E20.