Webster's Dictionary 1913

1972

Bermuda grass

Ber‐mu″da grass′ (�). (Bot.) A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wide-spread in ...

1973

Bermuda lily

Ber‐mu″da lil″y. (Bot.) The large white lily (Lilium longiflorum eximium, syn. L. Harrisii) which is extensively cultivated in Bermuda.

1974

Berna fly

Ber″na fly′ (�). (Zoöl.) A Brazilian dipterous insect of the genus Trypeta, which lays its eggs in the nostrils or in wounds of man and beast, where the larvæ do great injury.

1975

Bernacle

Ber″na‐cle (�), n. See Barnacle.

1976

Bernardine

Ber″nar‐dine (�), a. Of or pertaining to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, or to the Cistercian monks. — n. A Cistercian monk.

1977

Bernese

Ber‐nese″ (�), a. Pertaining to the city or canton of Bern, in Switzerland, or to its inhabitants. — n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Bern.

1978

Bernicle

Ber″ni‐cle (�), n. [OE. bernak, bernacle; cf. OF. bernac; prob. fr. LL. bernacula for hibernicula, bernicula, fr. Hibernia; the birds coming from Hibernia or Ireland. Cf. 1st Ba...

1979

Bernouse

Ber‐nouse″ (�), n. Same as Burnoose.

1980

Berob

Be‐rob″ (�), v. t. To rob; to plunder.

1981

Beroe

‖Ber″o‐e (�), n. [L. Beroe, one of the Oceanidæ Gr. �: cf. F. beroé.] (Zoöl.) A small, oval, transparent jellyfish, belonging to the Ctenophora.

1982

Berretta

Ber‐ret″ta (�), n. [It., fr. LL. birrettum, berretum, a cap, dim. of L. birrus, birrum, a cloak to keep off rain, cf. Gr. � tawny, red: cf. Sp. birreta, Pg. barrete, and E. Barr...

1983

Berried

Ber″ried (�), a. Furnished with berries; consisting of a berry; baccate; as, a berried shrub.

1984

Berry

Ber″ry (�), n.; pl.Berries. [OE. berie, AS. berie, berige; akin to D. bes, G. beere, OS. and OHG. beri, Icel. ber, Sw. bär, Goth. basi, and perh. Skr. bhas to eat.] 1. Any small...

1985

Berry (2)

Ber″ry, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Berried (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Berrying.] To bear or produce berries.

1986

Berry (3)

Ber″ry, n. [AS. beorh. See Barrow a hill.] A mound; a hillock. W. Browne.

1987

Berrying

Ber″ry‐ing, n. A seeking for or gathering of berries, esp. of such as grow wild.

1988

Berseem

Ber‐seem″ (?), n. [Ar. bershīm clover.] An Egyptian clover (Trifolium alexandrinum) extensively cultivated as a forage plant and soil-renewing crop in the alkaline soils of the ...

1989

Berserk

{ Ber″serk (�), Ber″serk‐er (�), } n. [Icel. berserkr.] 1. (Scand. Myth.) One of a class of legendary heroes, who fought frenzied by intoxicating liquors, and naked, regardless ...

1990

Berstle

Bers″tle (�), n. See Bristle. Chaucer.

1991

Berth

Berth (�), n. [From the root of bear to produce, like birth nativity. See Birth.] [Also written birth.]1. (Naut.) (a) Convenient sea room. (b) A room in which a number of the of...

1992

Berth (2)

Berth, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Berthed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Berthing.] 1. To give an anchorage to, or a place to lie at; to place in a berth; as, she was berthed stem to stern with th...

1993

Bertha

Ber″tha (�), n. [F. berthe, fr. Berthe, a woman's name.] A kind of collar or cape worn by ladies.

1994

Berthage

Berth″age (�), n. A place for mooring vessels in a dock or harbor.

1995

Berthierite

Ber″thi‐er‐ite (�), n. [From Berthier, a French naturalist.] (Min.) A double sulphide of antimony and iron, of a dark steel-gray color.

1996

Berthing

Berth″ing (�), n.(Naut.) The planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake. Smyth.

1997

Bertillon system

Ber′til′lon″ sys″tem (?). [After Alphonse Bertillon, French anthropologist.] A system for the identification of persons by a physical description based upon anthropometric measu...

1998

Bertram

Ber″tram (�), n. [Corrupted fr. L. pyrethrum, Gr. � a hot spicy plant, fr. � fire.] (Bot.) Pellitory of Spain (Anacyclus pyrethrum).