Bernicla 
the barnacle : see barnacle*.] A genus of geese, 
containing the barnacle-goose, brent-goose, and 
related species, which have black bills, black 
head and neck with white markings, and the 
general color dark, with white or light tail-cov- 
erts. The type-species is Anscr bernicla, now B, leucopsix; 
the brent-goose is B. brenta; the black brent of North 
America is B. nigrieans ; the common wild goose of North 
America, or Canada goose, is B. canadensis ; Hutchins's 
goose is a similar but smaller species, R. hutchiiuri; there 
are others also. See cuts under barnacle and brent-goose. 
bernicle, bernicle-goose (ber'ni-kl, -gos), . 
[A form of barnacle*, historically obsolete, but 
now occasionally used with ref. to the NL. 
generic name Bernicla.'] The barnacle or bar- 
nacle-goose. See barnacle*, 1. 
Bernissartia (ber-ni-sar'ti-a), . [NL., < Ber- 
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only the first is a berry in the technical sense. 
(6) Technically, a simple fruit in which the 
entire pericarp is fleshy, excepting the outer 
skin or epicarp, as the banana, tomato, grape, 
currant, etc. (c) The dry kernel of certain 
kinds of grain, etc., as the berry of wheat and 
barley, or the coffee-berry. See cut under 
wheat. 2. Something resembling a berry, as 
one of the ova or eggs of lobsters, crabs, or 
other crustaceans, or the drupe of lihuiiiniix 
iiif/ctoriits, used iu dyeing. Avignon berry, the 
drupe of JZJummtu (datcrntix, used in dyeing yellow. 
Also called French ?>///. 
berry 1 (ber'i), v. i. ; pret. and pp. berried, ppr. 
berrying. [< berry*, n.] 1. To bear or pro- 
berwick 
(to keep clear of, keep well away from). (6) 
Room for a vessel to turn around or to ride at 
anchor, (c) A station in which a ship lies or 
can lie, whether at anchor or at a wharf, (d) 
A room or an apartment in a ship where a 
number of officers or men mess and reside. 
(e) The shelf-like space allotted to a passen- 
ger in a vessel (and hence in a railroad sleep- 
ing-car) as a sleeping-place ; a sailor's bunk 
on board ship; a place for a hammock, or 
a repository for chests. 2. A post or an 
appointment ; situation ; employment : as, he 
has got a good berth at last Berth and space, in 
xli/ji-i f uildt.iiy, the distance between the molding-edge of 
one timber and the molding-edge of the one next to it. 
>oou> i., name of a quarry in Belgium.] A ge- ,perrying. 
mis of extinct Wealden crocodiles, typical of berry 2 (ber'i) .; pi. bernei r(-iz). [Early mod. 
A i_. *___.._ u . ,.__._ _.T... __._ I..- E. also berye, berie, < Mi,, berghe, bcrge (prop. 
dat.), a barrow: see barrow*.] A mound; a 
barrow. [Obsolete or dialectal.] 
This little berry some ycleep 
An hillock. 
W. Brounie, Britannia's Pastorals, 
duce berries. 2. To gather berries: as, to go berth 2 (berth), v. t. [< berth?, n.] Naut.: (a) 
the family Beruissartiidte, whose remains have 
been found in a quarry in Bernissart, Belgium. 
Bernissartiidae (ber"ni-siir-ti'i-de), n.pl. [NL., 
< Bmtissartia + -idai.] A family of extinct 
crocodilians. The technical characteristics are: the 
choamp comparatively approximated; the supratemporal 
fossse smaller than the orbits ; a well-defined orbitolatero- 
temporal sinus ; the dorsal plates imbricated and forming 
more than two longitudinal rows ; and the ventral arma- 
ture reduced to one buckler of imbricated plates. The berry^t (ber'i), n. 
family occurs in the Wealden and Purbeck formations. 
2. 
The theatres are berries for the fair : 
Like ants on mole-hills thither they repair. 
Dnjden, tr. of Ovid's Art of Love, i. 103. 
To assign or allot anchoring-grouud to; give 
space to lie in, as a ship in a dock. (6) To al- 
lot a berth or berths to : as, to berth a ship's 
company. 
The special object of these [changes on the approach of 
winter] was the economy of fuel and the berthing of the 
whole crew below deck. C. F. Hall, Polar Exp., p. 122. 
berth 3 (berth), v. t. [Early mod. E. byrth, per- 
haps < 'berth, n. (not found), < Icel. byrdhi, 
board or side of a ship, < bordh, board: see 
board.] To board ; cover with boards : chiefly 
in ship-building. 
[E. dial., < late ME. bery: 
. . ,eck formations. see 'burrow*.]' 1. A burrow, especially a rab- 1 " 1 J|" P ;?? 11 , < S I ' 
Bernoullian (ber-no'lian), a. Pertaining to bit's burrow. 2. An excavation; a military bertha (ber tha), n. [Also berthe, after F. ; from 
or discovered by one of several famous mathe- m i ne . p ne proper name Bertha. ] 1 . A small cape worn 
women over the shoulders, usually crossed 
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maticians belonging to the Basle family Ber- berry 1 (ber'i) v. t. pret. and pp. berried ppr. 
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noulli, which originated in Antwerp Bernoul- 
lian function, a function denned by an equation of the 
form A F (z) = x". Bernoulllau numbers, a certain 
series of numbers discovered by Jacob Bernoulli (1654- 
1705), of which the first members are : 
Bernoullian series, in math., the series/o =/ a;/'* 
+ f/"* ~ f] / '"* +> etc ' 
bernouse, n. See burnoose. 
berob (be-roV), i'. t. [< ME. berobben; < be-* 
+ rob.] ' To rob ; plunder. 
What evill starre 
On you hath frownd, and pourd his influence bad, 
That of your self e ye thus berobbed arre ? 
berryhiy. [E. dial, and Sc.,< ME. beryen, berien, 
< AS. *berian (only in pp. gebered) = OHG. 
berja, MHG. berren, beren = Icel. berja = L. 
ferire (> ult. E. ferule, interfere), strike.] 1. 
To beat ; give a beating to. 
Here this boy is, KG bade vs go bami 
With battis. 
We are com!>ered his corpus for to carry. 
York Plays, p. 334. 
2. To thresh (grain, etc.). 
I'll berry your crap by the light o' the moon. 
W. Nicholson. 
berry 5 t, " [Also berrie; a corrupt form of 
_ perrie, pirrie :_ see pirrie. ] A gust of wind. 
in front and open at the throat. 2. A trim- 
ming of lace or of other material in the shape 
of a small cape worn round the upper edge of a 
low-necked waist, or in a corresponding posi- 
tion on the body in the case of a high-necked 
waist. 
berthage (ber'thaj), u. [< berth* + -age.] 1. 
The dues paid by a vessel anchored in a harbor 
or dock, or berthed at a wharf. 2. Accommo- 
dation for anchoring ; harborage. 
berth-brace (berth'bras), n. A metal rod, 
rope, or chain for supporting the upper berths 
of a sleeping-car. 
berth-deck (berth'dek), n. 
BeroS (ber'o-e), n. [L., < Gr. Sep6j/, one of the 
ocean nymphs.] The typical genus of cteno- 
phorans of the family Beroida;. D. forskali is an 
example. The species are of the size and shape of a small 
lemon. The genus was formerly of much greater extent 
than now, including species now referred to other fami- 
lies, as Cydippe, etc. 
beroid (ber'o-id), n. A ctenophoran of the 
family Beroidas. 
Beroida; (be-ro'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Beroe + 
-idat.] A family of the class Ctenophora, sub- 
rr? *_* *!? i r. -v - .\ J f~~~ ", MO* VJX-UWA ywv^ivu lAci^/, n. In a man-of-war, 
, F. Q., I. viii. 42 bersaglieri(bar-sa-lya'n),i._pZ. [It,, pi. of ber- the deck next below the gun-deck. See deck. 
o6n one of the *%??*> a s har Pshooter, < bersaglio (= OF. ber- berthe (berth), n. [F.] Same as bertha. 
' sail, bersal), a mark butt, < "berciare, in im- berthierite (ber'thi-er-it), n. [After Pierre 
bemare, aim at (= OF. bercer, berser); of. ML. Berthiei; a French mineralogist, died 1861.] A 
sulphid of antimony and iron occurring in dark 
bersare, shoot with the bow, hunt. Cf. ML. ber- 
cellmn (var. barbigellum), a battering-ram ; per- steel-gray prismatic crystals or fibrous masses. 
haps < berbex, L. vervex, a wether, ram.] The berthing! (ber'thing), n. [< bertlft + -ing*.] 
name for riflemen or hrh - 
ilc 
name for riflemen or sharpshooters in the Ital- 
lan army. 
berserk (ber serk), w. [< Icel. berserkr (omit- 
ting, as usual, the nom. sufhx -r) : see berser- 
ker.] Same as berserker. 
globular berserker (ber'ser-ker), n. [Also berserkir and 
the polar spaces. They are transparent jelly-like ma- 
rine organisms, differing from most of the ctenophorans 
in having a large mouth and digestive cavity. Represen- 
tative genera are Beroe, Idt/ia, and Pandora. 
beroon (be-rb'n'), n. [Pers. birun, without, ex- 
terior.] The chief court of a Persian dwelling- 
house. S. G. W. Benjamin, Persia and the Per- 
sians. 
berret 1 , n. See beret. 
berret 2 (ber'et), . A kind of opal bead of the 
size of a marble. 
The arrangement of berths in a ship; "the 
berths collectively. 
Berthing requires the earliest attention, and the opera- 
tion may be facilitated by having a plan of the decks. 
Luce, Seamanship, p. 294. 
>erthing 2 (ber'thing), n. [< berths + -ing*.] 
1. The exterior planking of a ship's side above 
the sheer-strake, designated as the berthing of 
the quarter-deck, of the poop, or of the forecas- 
tle, as the case may be; the bulwark. [Eng.] 
2. The rising or working up of the planks of a 
It was most amusing to witness his [the chief of Latoo- 
ka's] delight at a string of fifty little berrets . . , which 
I had brought into the country for the Bret time. 
Sir S. W. Baker, Heart of Africa, xvi. 
berretta, . See biretta. 
berrettina (ber-e-te'na), n. [It., dim. of ber- 
retta : see biretta.] A" scarlet skull-cap worn 
by cardinals. Also berettina. 
berri, n. The Turkish mile, of which there are 
said to be 66f to a degree. 
berried (ber'id), a. [< berry* + -ecft.] 1. 
Furnished with berries: as, " the berried holly," 
Keats. 2. Of the form or nature of a berry; 
baccate. 3. Having eggs or spawn, as a fe- 
male lobster or other crustacean. 
berry 1 (ber'i), n. ; pi. berries (-iz). [Early mod. 
E. also berrie, < ME. bery, berie, < AS. berie, berth 2 (berth), n. 
berige = OS. beri (in winberi, grape) = MD. the 16t 
bere, also beze, D. bezie, bes = MLG. bere =OHG. 
beri, MHG. bere, ber, G. beere = Icel. ber = Sw. 
nom. suffix -r), pi. berserkir; commonly ex- 
plained as ' bare-sark,' < berr, = E. bare*, + 
serkr, > E. sark, coat, shirt; but prob. rather 
' bear-sark,' < *beri, m. (only in comp.) (bera, f.), 
= AS. bera, E. bear%, + serkr. " In olden ages ship's side. Hamersly. 
athletes and champions used to wear hides of berthing-rail (ber'thing-ral), n. In ship-build- 
bears, wolves, and reindeer "(Vigfusson). The ing. See extract. 
" berserker's rage" is expressed by Icel. ber- 
serksgangr, < berserkr + gangr, a going, esp. a 
rapid going, furious rush : see gang.] 1. A wild 
warrior or champion of heathen times in Scan- 
dinavia. In battle the berserkers are said to have been 
The berthing-rail, which was the uppermost rail in the 
ship, was let into the lace piece, and had an iron knee at 
the fore end embracing the rails on each side. It also 
abutted against the cathead, and an iron knee connected 
it with the cathead and ship's side. 
subject to fits of fury, when they howled like wild beasts; . _, , . , ,, . , q ' hearle ' * aval Arch '> * 3: 
foamed at the mouth, gnawed the rim of their shields! ber th-latch (berth'lach), n. A spring-catch 
etc. ; and on such occasions they were popularly believed for keeping the upper berth of a sleeping-car 
in place when closed. 
to be proof against fire and steel. [Commonly written 
W 0ut a of a unlmn 1 dseled savace i Bertholletia (ber-tho-le'shi-a), n. [NL., named 
and Bmerkirs, come at last Alfred 'and Shakspere ' after olaud e Louis Berthollet, a French chem- 
Emerson, Misc., p. 88. ls * 1748-1822.] A genus of Myrtacea:, of which 
The wild pirates of the North Sea have become con- only one species, B. excelsa, is known. It is a 
verted into warriors of order and champions of peaceful tree of large dimensions, and forms vast forests on the 
freedom, exhausting what still remains of the old Ber- banks of the Amazon, Rio Negro, and Orinoco. It grows 
*erk spirit in subduing nature, and turning the wilderness to a height of 150 feet, and it* stem is from 3 to 4 feet in 
into a garden. Huxley, Amer. Addresses, p. 124. diameter. The fruit is known as the Brazil-nut (which 
Hence 2. A person of extreme violence and 
fury. 
berstlet, A variant of bristle. Chaucer. 
An obsolete spelling of birth*. 
[First found at the end of 
, bartram (ber'-, bar'tram), M. [A cor- 
ruption of L. jiyrethrmit : see Pyrethrum.] An 
old name of the plant Pyrethrum Partheiiium, 
bastard pellitory or feverfew. 
latter s 
gin 
rhombic cfystals m ' pegmatit e near Nautes 
, . 
unknown; by some referred to theroot of bare, 
as if the 'bare' or 'uncovered' fruit,] 1. In 
bot. : (a) In ordinary use, any small pulpy 
fruit, as the huckle&ern/, Btr&vrberry, black- 
berry, r^lberry, checker*^, etc., of which 
kept or tc be kept for safety or convenience 
between a vessel under sail and other vessels 
or the shore, rocks, etc. : especially in the 
phrases, also used figuratively, to qive a aood 
or *to bcrtfto, keep^a wide berfh of 
"*W x,l "' [U s e<i only as a his- 
f>nca j t ? rm ' 5 ME. ftereuvfe, < AS. beremc, < 
f' i-? y ' I J f c > Celling, village : see bear* 
** ' an c ' barton -J Same as barton, 1. 
., In . the c ^ rt8 of , the Foi-est of Knaresborough each of 
