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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 the Adelaide.

2. To allot or furnish berths to, on shipboard; as, to berth a ship's company. Totten.

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

Berth"age (&?;), n. A place for mooring vessels in a dock or harbor.

Ber"thi*er*ite (&?;), n. [From Berthier, a French naturalist.] (Min.) A double sulphide of antimony and iron, of a dark steel-gray color.

Berth"ing (&?;), n. (Naut.) The planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake. Smyth.

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

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Ber"y*coid (br"*koid), a. [NL. beryx, the name of the typical genus + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Berycidæ, a family of marine fishes.

Ber"yl (br"l), n. [F. béryl, OF. beril, L. beryllus, Gr. bh`ryllos, prob. fr. Skr. vairya. Cf. Brilliant.] (Min.) A mineral of great hardness, and, when transparent, of much beauty. It occurs in hexagonal prisms, commonly of a green or bluish green color, but also yellow, pink, and white. It is a silicate of aluminium and glucinum (beryllium). The aquamarine is a transparent, sea-green variety used as a gem. The emerald is another variety highly prized in jewelry, and distinguished by its deep color, which is probably due to the presence of a little oxide of chromium.

Ber"yl*line (&?;), a. Like a beryl; of a light or bluish green color.

Be*ryl"li*um (&?;), n. [NL.] (Chem.) A metallic element found in the beryl. See Glucinum.

Ber"yl*loid (&?;), n. [Beryl + - oid.] (Crystallog.) A solid consisting of a double twelve- sided pyramid; -- so called because the planes of this form occur on crystals of beryl.

{ Be*saiel", Be*saile", Be*sayle" (&?;) }, n. [OF. beseel, F. bisaïeul, fr. L. bis twice + LL. avolus, dim. of L. avus grandfather.] 1. A great-grandfather. [Obs.]

2. (Law) A kind of writ which formerly lay where a great-grandfather died seized of lands in fee simple, and on the day of his death a stranger abated or entered and kept the heir out. This is now abolished. Blackstone.

Be*saint" (&?;), v. t. To make a saint of.

Be*sant" (&?;), n. See Bezant.

Bes-ant"ler (&?;), n. Same as Bez- antler.

Be*scat"ter (&?;), v. t. 1. To scatter over.

2. To cover sparsely by scattering (something); to strew. "With flowers bescattered." Spenser.

Be*scorn" (&?;), v. t. To treat with scorn. "Then was he bescorned." Chaucer.

Be*scratch" (&?;), v. t. To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches.

Be*scrawl" (&?;), v. t. To cover with scrawls; to scribble over. Milton.

Be*screen" (&?;), v. t. To cover with a screen, or as with a screen; to shelter; to conceal. Shak.

Be*scrib"ble (&?;), v. t. To scribble over. "Bescribbled with impertinences." Milton.

{ Be*scum"ber (&?;), Be*scum"mer (&?;), } v. t. [Pref. be- + scumber, scummer.] To discharge ordure or dung upon. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Be*see" (&?;), v. t. & i. [AS. beseón; pref. be- + &?;eón to see.] To see; to look; to mind. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Be*seech" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Besought (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Beseeching.] [OE. bisechen, biseken (akin to G. besuchen to visit); pref. be- + sechen, seken, to seek. See Seek.] 1. To ask or entreat with urgency; to supplicate; to implore.