BERRYING
Verb
berrying
present participle of berry
Noun
berrying (plural berryings)
An expedition to pick berries.
Anagrams
• gin berry
Source: Wiktionary
Ber"ry*ing, n.
Definition: A seeking for or gathering of berries, esp. of such as grow
wild.
BERRY
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