berrying
present participle of berry
berrying (plural berryings)
An expedition to pick berries.
• gin berry
Source: Wiktionary
Ber"ry*ing, n.
Definition: A seeking for or gathering of berries, esp. of such as grow wild.
Ber"ry, n.; pl. Berries. Etym: [OE. berie, AS. berie, berige; akin to D. bes, G. beere, OS. and OHG. beri, Icel. ber, Sw. bär, Goth. basi, and perh. Skr. bhas to eat.]
1. Any small fleshy fruit, as the strawberry, mulberry, huckleberry, etc.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: A small fruit that is pulpy or succulent throughout, having seeds loosely imbedded in the pulp, as the currant, grape, blueberry.
3. The coffee bean.
4. One of the ova or eggs of a fish. Travis. In berry, containing ova or spawn.
Ber"ry, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Berried; p. pr. & vb. n. Berrying.]
Definition: To bear or produce berries.
Ber"ry, n. Etym: [AS. beorh. See Barrow a hill.]
Definition: A mound; a hillock. W. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2025
(adjective) enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure; “a happy smile”; “spent many happy days on the beach”; “a happy marriage”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
