bergylt, bergil, bergle, bergell

[Etymology doubtful. (The form bergy't is in Yarrell; bergle and bergell in Jamie son.)] 1. The name given in Shetland, and adopted by Yarrell, for a fish (the Sebastes Norvegicus of Cuv., the Perca marina of Linn.), belonging to the order Acanthopterygii and the family "With hard cheeks. It is called also the Norway Haddock, but has no real affinity to the haddock proper. It is an arctic fish, but occurs occasionally on the coasts of Scotland. 2. A fish, the Ballan Wra e ( Labrus bergylt a (As can i us) Labrus tinca (Linn.), found in Orkney, . ( Barry : Orkney.) * ber-hed' (plur. * ber-hedis). s. [O. Scotch bere boar, and hede = Eng. head.] A boar's head. ( Scotch.) "Thre berhedis he hair." Gawain and Gol., ii. 23. (Jamie son.) bě-rhyme ( h silent), r.t. [Eng. prefix be , and rhyme, v. In Ger. bereimen; Dut, berigmen.] To rhyme about, to introduce into rhyme. (Used in contempt.) .. marry, she had a better love to berhyme her." -Shakesp.: Rom. & Jul., 11. 4. bě rhymed (h silent), pa. par. & a. [BERHYME.] be-rhy'm-ing ( h silent), pr. par. [BERHYME.] *ber-i-all (1), s. [BERYL.] The same as BERYL (Q.V.). ( Scotch.) "The new collour a lichting all the land is, For gane the stanryis schene and beriall strand is," Doug.: Virgil , Prol. 400, 10. (Jamie son.) * bor-i-all (2) 8. [BURIAL] ( Scotch .) běr-i-běr-i, běr-i-bër-i-a, běr'-ri-běr- ri, bar-bí-ers, s. [From Cingalese beri bhayrce = weakne , inability; the redupli- cation beriberi or bhayree bhayree implying that this weakne or inability is present in double measure or in a very large degree. But it has been denied that such a word exists in Cingalese. Dr. Herklots derives it from bharbari paralysis with anasarca, and Dr. Carter from Arab. bahr = asthma, and bahri = marine.] Med.: An acute disease characterised by oppre ion of breathing, by general edema, by paralytic weakne , and by numbne of the lower extremities. It is generally fatal. It occurs in Ceylon among the coloured troops, and on some portions of the Indian const. Earlier authorities consider beriberi and bar biers distinct, but more recent medical observers regard them as identical (Dr. Carter: Trans. Med. Soc. Bombay, 1847. Dechambre: Cycl ., .)