English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Bergamot
(n.)
A variety of pear.
Bergamot
(n.)
A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
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.
Bergander
(n.)
A European duck (Anas tadorna). See Sheldrake.
Bergeret
(n.)
A pastoral song.
Bergh
(n.)
A hill.
Bergmaster
(n.)
See Barmaster.
Bergmeal
(n.)
An earthy substance, resembling fine flour. It is
composed of the shells of infusoria, and in Lapland and Sweden is
sometimes eaten, mixed with flour or ground birch bark, in times of
scarcity. This name is also given to a white powdery variety of
calcite.
Bergmote
(n.)
See Barmote.
Bergomask
(n.)
A rustic dance, so called in ridicule of the people of
Bergamo, in Italy, once noted for their clownishness.
Bergylt
(n.)
The Norway haddock. See Rosefish.
Berhyme
(v. t.)
To mention in rhyme or verse; to rhyme about.
Berhymed
(imp. & p. p.)
of Berhyme
Berhyming
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Berhyme
Beriberi
(n.)
An acute disease occurring in India, characterized by
multiple inflammatory changes in the nerves, producing great muscular
debility, a painful rigidity of the limbs, and cachexy.
Berime
(v. t.)
To berhyme.
Berkeleian
(a.)
Of or relating to Bishop Berkeley or his system of
idealism; as, Berkeleian philosophy.
Berlin
(n.)
Fine worsted for fancy-work; zephyr worsted; -- called also
Berlin wool.
Berlin
(n.)
A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind the
body and separate from it, invented in the 17th century, at Berlin.
Berm
(n.)
Alt. of Berme