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bequest, bequeyst,
bequest [bɪˈkwɛst, MN. bɪˈkwəist]
n. Bequest.
baerdit-bere, bairdit-bere, bar, barlan, barlin, bear, bearded-bear, bearded-bere, beardit-bere, beer, beir, beirdit-beir, bere, berelan, bereland, bere-meal, blenda, blinnda, gowkbear, gowkbere, gowk-bere,
bere [biːr, beːr]
n. A kind of barley hardier than the ordinary kind but of inferior quality.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
beardit-bere: Bearded barley.
bere-meal: Meal made from bere.
bereland: NN.b. Land for growing bere. The season for sowing or preparing the land for sowing.
bere-seed-bird: SEC. The yellow wagtail Motacilla flava.
blendit bere: bere mixed with barley. I.Sh. blenda A mixture of inferior grains.
gowkbere: WC. The common hair moss Polytrichum commune.
bereel, bereelium,
bereel [bəˈril]
n. The mineral beryl.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bereelium [bəˈriliəm]: Beryllium.
berg, burg, byurg,
berg [I.Sh. ˈbɛrg ˈb(j)ʌrg]
n. A prominent rock.
berkinie, berkiny,
berkinie [I.Ork. ˈbɛkjəni]
adj. Small and dumpy.
Barntoun, Berntoun,
Berntoun [ˈbɛrntun, beːrn-]
pn. Barrington.
barrack, berrick,
berrick [ˈbɛrɪk]
n. MN. A sleeping-place for the men-servants on a farm.
angleberry, angle-berry, berrie, berries, berry, berry-pickin, blackberrie, blackberry, blaeberrie, blaeberry, blaiberrie, blaiberry, craberry, crawberrie, crawberry, hackberrie, hackberry, hackleberry, hagberrie, hagberry, hainberry, himberry, hindberry, hine, hymnberry, hyndberry, ingleberry, mulberrie, mulberry, ranty-berry, rowanberries, rowan-berry, straaberry, straberries, straberry, straeberrie, straeberries, straeberries, straeberry, strahberry, strawberry,
berry [ˈbɛrɪ]
n. A berry.
pl. berries jam or jelly made from gooseberries, raspberries, cranberries, etc.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
angleberry [ˈaŋl-], hackleberry: A large wartlike growth on the feet of horses or cattle.
berry-pickin: Berry-gathering.
blackberry: The blackcurrant Ribes nigrum. MN. The crowberry Empetrum nigrum.
blaeberry [ˈbleː-]: The bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus.
bruckle-berry: U. The dog-rose Rosa canina.
crawberry: MN. The crowberry Empetrum nigrum or cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos.
dug-berry: S. The guelder rose Viburnum opulus or MN. bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi.
dug's berries: MN. The stone bramble Rubus saxatilis.
glamourie berry: WC. The herb-paris Paris quadrifolia.
hagberry: The bird cherry Prunus padus .
hindberry contracted hynd: S. SW. WC. SEC. The wild raspberry Rubus idaeus.
klonger berry: A rosehip.
mad dog's berries: MN. The bittersweet Solanum dulcamara.
mulberry [ˈmʌl]: The whitebeam Pyrus aria.
pushion-berry: S. WC. The bittersweet Solanum dulcamara.
raebuck-berry: The fruit of the stone bramble Rubus saxatilis.
rash berry: MN. The bog bilberry Vaccinium uliginosum
rowan berries: The berries of the mountain ash Sorbus aucuparia.
strawberry: A strawberry of the genus Fragaria.
the berries: The berry-gathering.
wineberry: The redcurrant Ribes rubrum.
Bervie, Bervie, Innerbervie,
Bervie [ˈbɛrvi]
pn. Inverbervie at the nouth of the river Bervie (Aberdeenshire).
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
Bervie haddock: A cured smoked haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus
beseek, beseik, besocht, besoucht, besought,
beseek [bɪˈsik, bɪˈsik]
v. To beseech, entreat.
pt. pp. besocht [bɪˈsoxt]

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