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  • English Word Bereaving. Definition of Bereave
  • English Word Bereft Definition of Bereave
  • English Word Bereft Definition imp. & p. p. of Bereave.
  • English Word Beretta Definition Same as Berretta.
  • English Word Berg Definition A large mass or hill, as of ice.
  • English Word Bergamot Definition A tree of the Orange family (Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume. Also, the fruit.
  • English Word Bergamot Definition A variety of mint (Mentha aquatica, var. glabrata).
  • English Word Bergamot Definition The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
  • English Word Bergamot Definition A variety of pear.
  • English Word Bergamot Definition A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
  • English Word Bergamot Definition A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair; -- said to have been invented at Bergamo, Italy. Encyc. Brit.
  • English Word Bergander Definition A European duck (Anas tadorna). See Sheldrake.
  • English Word Bergeret Definition A pastoral song.
  • English Word Bergh Definition A hill.
  • English Word Bergmaster Definition See Barmaster.
  • English Word Bergmeal Definition An earthy substance, resembling fine flour. It is composed of the shells of infusoria, and in Lapland and Sweden is sometimes eaten, mixed with flour or ground birch bark, in times of scarcity. This name is also given to a white powdery variety of calcite.
  • English Word Bergmote Definition See Barmote.
  • English Word Bergomask Definition A rustic dance, so called in ridicule of the people of Bergamo, in Italy, once noted for their clownishness.
  • English Word Bergylt Definition The Norway haddock. See Rosefish.
  • English Word Berhyme Definition To mention in rhyme or verse; to rhyme about.
  • English Word Berhymed Definition of Berhyme
  • English Word Berhyming Definition of Berhyme
  • English Word Beriberi Definition An acute disease occurring in India, characterized by multiple inflammatory changes in the nerves, producing great muscular debility, a painful rigidity of the limbs, and cachexy.
  • English Word Berime Definition To berhyme.
  • English Word Berkeleian Definition Of or relating to Bishop Berkeley or his system of idealism; as, Berkeleian philosophy.
  • English Word Berlin Definition A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th century, at Berlin.
  • English Word Berlin Definition Fine worsted for fancy-work; zephyr worsted; -- called also Berlin wool.
  • English Word Berm Definition Alt. of Berme
  • English Word Berme Definition A narrow shelf or path between the bottom of a parapet and the ditch.
  • English Word Berme Definition A ledge at the bottom of a bank or cutting, to catch earth that may roll down the slope, or to strengthen the bank.