English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Berberine
(n.)
An alkaloid obtained, as a bitter, yellow substance,
from the root of the barberry, gold thread, and other plants.
Berberry
(n.)
See Barberry.
Berdash
(n.)
A kind of neckcloth.
Bere
(n.)
Barley; the six-rowed barley or the four-rowed barley,
commonly the former (Hord. vulgare).
Bere
(v. t.)
To pierce.
Bere
(n.)
See Bear, barley.
Bereave
(v. t.)
To take away from.
Bereave
(v. t.)
To take away.
Bereave
(v. t.)
To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; -- with of
before the person or thing taken away.
Bereaved
(imp. & p. p.)
of Bereave
Bereavement
(n.)
The state of being bereaved; deprivation; esp., the
loss of a relative by death.
Bereaver
(n.)
One who bereaves.
Bereaving.
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Bereave
imp. & p. p. of Bereave.
of Bereave
Beretta
(n.)
Same as Berretta.
Berg
(n.)
A large mass or hill, as of ice.
Bergamot
(n.)
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.
Bergamot
(n.)
A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
Bergamot
(n.)
A variety of pear.