Part 1060

<h1>Berm Berme</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw><hw>Berm</hw> <hw>Berme</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>berme</ets>, of German origin; cf. G. <ets>brame</ets>, <ets>br\'84me</ets>, border, akin to E. <ets>brim</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <def>A narrow shelf or path between the bottom of a parapet and the ditch.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Engineering)</fld> <def>A ledge at the bottom of a bank or cutting, to catch earth that may roll down the slope, or to strengthen the bank.</def>

<h1>Bermuda grass</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Ber*mu"da grass`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A kind of grass (<spn>Cynodon Dactylon</spn>) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries; -- called also <altname>scutch grass</altname>, and in Bermuda, <altname>devil grass</altname>.</def>

<h1>Bernacle</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Ber"na*cle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Barnacle</er>.</def>

<h1>Berna fly</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Ber"na fly`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A Brazilian dipterous insect of the genus <spn>Trypeta</spn>, which lays its eggs in the nostrils or in wounds of man and beast, where the larv\'91 do great injury.</def>

<h1>Bernardine</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Ber"nar*dine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, or to the Cistercian monks.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> A Cistercian monk.</def></def2>

<h1>Bernese</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Ber*nese"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to the city o<?/ canton of Bern, in Switzerland, or to its inhabitants.</def> -- <def2><tt>n. sing. & pl.</tt> <def>A native or natives of Bern.</def></def2>

<h1>Bernicle</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Ber"ni*cle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bernak</ets>, <ets>bernacle</ets>; cf. OF. <ets>bernac</ets>; prob. fr. LL. <ets>bernacula</ets> for <ets>hibernicula</ets>, <ets>bernicula</ets>, fr. <ets>Hibernia</ets>; the birds coming from <ets>Hibernia</ets> or Ireland. Cf. 1st <er>Barnacle</er>.]</ety> <def>A bernicle goose.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>barnacle</asp>.]</altsp>

<cs><col>Bernicle goose</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a goose (<spn>Branta leucopsis</spn>), of Arctic Europe and America. It was formerly believed that it hatched from the cirripeds of the sea (<spn>Lepas</spn>), which were, therefore, called barnacles, goose barnacles, or Anatifers. The name is also applied to other related species. See <er>Anatifa</er> and <er>Cirripedia</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bernouse</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Ber*nouse"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Some as <er>Burnoose</er>.</def>

<h1>Berob</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Be*rob"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To rob; to plunder.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Beroe</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Ber"o*e</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Beroe</ets>, one of the Oceanid\'91 Gr. <ets><?/</ets>: cf. F. <ets>bero\'82</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small, oval, transparent jellyfish, belonging to the Ctenophora.</def>

<h1>Berretta</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Ber*ret"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It., fr. LL. <ets>birrettum</ets>, <ets>berretum</ets>, a cap, dim. of L. <ets>birrus</ets>, <ets>birrum</ets>, a cloak to keep off rain, cf. Gr. <ets><?/</ets> tawny, red: cf. Sp. <ets>birreta</ets>, Pg. <ets>barrete</ets>, and E. <er>Barret</er>.]</ety> <def>A square cap worn by ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church. A cardinal's berretta is scarlet; that worn by other clerics is black, except that a bishop's is lined with green.</def> <altsp>[Also spelt <asp>beretta</asp>, <asp>biretta</asp>, etc.]</altsp>

<h1>Berried</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Ber"ried</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Furnished with berries; consisting of a berry; baccate; <as>as, a <ex>berried</ex> shrub</as>.</def>

<h1>Berry</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Ber"ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Berries</plw>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>berie</ets>, AS. <ets>berie</ets>, <ets>berige</ets>; akin to D. <ets>bes</ets>, G. <ets>beere</ets>, OS. and OHG. <ets>beri</ets>, Icel. <ets>ber</ets>, Sw. <ets>b\'84r</ets>, Goth. <ets>basi</ets>, and perh. Skr. <ets>bhas</ets> to eat.]</ety>