Vocabulary : Bereft to Bergmeal

Bereft : of Bereave ;; imp. & p. p. of Bereave.
Berenice's Hair : See Coma Berenices, under Coma.
Beretta : Same as Berretta.
Berg : A large mass or hill, as of ice.
Bergamot : A tree of the Orange family (Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume. Also, the fruit. ;; A variety of mint (Mentha aquatica, var. glabrata). ;; The essence or perfume made from the fruit. ;; A variety of pear. ;; A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot. ;; 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 : A European duck (Anas tadorna). See Sheldrake.
Bergeret : A pastoral song.
Bergh : A hill.
Bergmaster : See Barmaster.
Bergmeal : 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.

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