BERRYINGS

Noun

berryings

plural of berrying

Source: Wiktionary

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BERRYING

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

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