Part 1061

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Any small fleshy fruit, as the strawberry, mulberry, huckleberry, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A small fruit that is pulpy or succulent throughout, having seeds loosely imbedded in the pulp, as the currant, grape, blueberry.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The coffee bean.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>One of the ova or eggs of a fish.</def>

<i>Travis.</i>

<cs><col>In berry</col>, <cd>containing ova or spawn.</cd></cs>

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

<hw>Ber"ry</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Berried</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Berrying</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To bear or produce berries.</def>

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

<hw>Ber"ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>beorh</ets>. See <er>Barrow</er> a hill.]</ety> <def>A mound; a hillock.</def>

<i>W. Browne.</i>

<h1>Berrying</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Ber"ry*ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A seeking for or gathering of berries, esp. of such as grow wild.</def>

<h1>Berserk, Berserker</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw><hw>Ber"serk</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ber"serk*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Icel. <ets>berserkr</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Scand. Myth.)</fld> <def>One of a class of legendary heroes, who fought frenzied by intoxicating liquors, and naked, regardless of wounds.</def>

<i>Longfellow.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who fights as if frenzied, like a Berserker.</def>

<h1>Berstle</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Bers"tle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Bristle</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Berth</h1> <Xpage=138>

<hw>Berth</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From the root of <ets>bear</ets> to produce, like <ets>birth</ets> nativity. See <er>Birth</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Also written <asp>birth</asp>.]</altsp>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Convenient sea room.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The place where a ship lies when she is at anchor, or at a wharf.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An allotted place; an appointment; situation or employment.</def> "He has a good <i>berth</i>."

<i>Totten.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A place in a ship to sleep in; a long box or shelf on the side of a cabin or stateroom, or of a railway car, for sleeping in.</def>

<cs><col>Berth deck</col>, <cd>the deck next below the lower gun deck.</cd> <i>Ham. Nav. Encyc.</i> -- <mcol><col>To give</col> (the land or any object) <col>a wide berth</col></mcol>, <cd>to keep at a distance from it.</cd></cs>

<h1>Berth</h1> <Xpage=138>