berried (berid)

[ berry1 (ber'i), n.; pl. berries (-iz). [Early mod. E. also berrie, OS. winberi = AS. winberie, 'wine-berry,' grape) (neut. and fem. forms mixed), a berry. Origin unknown; by some referred to the root of bare, as if the 'bare' or 'uncovered' fruit.] 1. In bot.: (a) In ordinary use, any small pulpy fruit, as the huckleberry, strawberry, blackberry, mulberry, checkerberry, etc., of which foamed at the mouth, gnawed the rim of their shields, etc.; and on such occasions they were popularly believed to be proof against fire and steel. [Commonly written with a capital.] Out of unhandseled savage nature, out of terrible Druids and Berserk irs , come at last Alfred and Shakspere. Emerson, Misc., p. 85. The wild pirates of the North Sea have become converted into warriors of order and champions of peaceful freedom, exhausting what still remains of the old Ber serk spirit in subduing nature, and turning the wilderne into a garden. Hence-2. A person of extreme violence and fury. Huxley, Amer. Addre es, p. 124. 000 board.] To board; cover with boards: chiefly in ship-building. bertha (berthä), n. [Also berthe, after F.; from the proper name Bertha.] 1. A small cape worn by women over the shoulders, usually cro ed in front and open at the throat. 2. A trim ming of lace or of other material in the shape of a small cape worn round the upper edge of a low-necked waist, or in a corresponding position on the body in the case of a high-necked waist.