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of Berth
The planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake.
Pellitory of Spain (Anacyclus pyrethrum).
Of or pertaining to the Berycidae, a family of marine fishes.
A mineral of great hardness, and, when transparent, of much beauty. It occurs in hexagonal prisms, commonly of a green or bluish green color, but also yellow, pink, and white. It is a silicate of aluminium and glucinum (beryllium). The aquamarine is a transparent, sea-green variety used as a gem. The emerald is another variety highly prized in jewelry, and distinguished by its deep color, which is probably due to the presence of a little oxide of chromium.
Like a beryl; of a light or bluish green color.
A metallic element found in the beryl. See Glucinum.
A solid consisting of a double twelve-sided pyramid; -- so called because the planes of this form occur on crystals of beryl.
Same as Bez-antler.
Alt. of Besayle
Alt. of Besayle
To make a saint of.
See Bezant.
A great-grandfather.
A kind of writ which formerly lay where a great-grandfather died seized of lands in fee simple, and on the day of his death a stranger abated or entered and kept the heir out. This is now abolished.
To scatter over.
To cover sparsely by scattering (something); to strew.
To treat with scorn.
To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches.
To cover with scrawls; to scribble over.