Berhyme
(Be*rhyme") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Berhymed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Berhyming.] To mention in
rhyme or verse; to rhyme about. [Sometimes use depreciatively.] Shak.
Beriberi
(||Be`ri*be"ri) n. [Singhalese beri weakness.] 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
(Be*rime") v. t. To berhyme. [The earlier and etymologically preferable spelling.]
Berkeleian
(Berke*le"ian) a. Of or relating to Bishop Berkeley or his system of idealism; as, Berkeleian
philosophy. — Berke"ley*ism, n.
Berlin
(Ber"lin) n. [The capital of Prussia]
1. A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind the body and separate from it, invented in
the 17th century, at Berlin.
2. Fine worsted for fancy-work; zephyr worsted; — called also Berlin wool.
Berlin black, a black varnish, drying with almost a dead surface; — used for coating the better kinds of
ironware. Ure. — Berlin blue, Prussian blue. Ure. — Berlin green, a complex cyanide of iron,
used as a green dye, and similar to Prussian blue. — Berlin iron, a very fusible variety of cast iron,
from which figures and other delicate articles are manufactured. These are often stained or lacquered
in imitation of bronze. — Berlin shop, a shop for the sale of worsted embroidery and the materials for
such work. — Berlin work, worsted embroidery.
Berm
(Berm Berme) n. [F. berme, of German origin; cf. G. brame, bräme, border, akin to E. brim.]
1. (Fort.) A narrow shelf or path between the bottom of a parapet and the ditch.
2. (Engineering) A ledge at the bottom of a bank or cutting, to catch earth that may roll down the slope,
or to strengthen the bank.
Bermuda grass
(Ber*mu"da grass`) (Bot.) A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in
the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries; —
called also scutch grass, and in Bermuda, devil grass.
