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State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude, etc. Aberrancy of curvature (Geom.), the deviation of a curve from a circular form.

See Aberr.]

To go astray; to diverge. [R.] Their own defective and aberrating vision. De Quincey.

especially from truth or moral rectitude, from the natural state, or from a type. "The aberration of youth." Hall. "Aberrations from theory." Burke.

Characterized by aberration.

A beverage, formerly made by boiling ale with spice, sugar, and sops of bread. Their aleberries, caudles, possets. Beau. & Fl.

Containing clay and iron.

To fill up with alluvial earth. [Obs.] Ray.

The act of filling up with earth, or of forming land with alluvial earth. [Obs.]

The tenets of the Averroists.

osophers, who appeared in Italy before the restoration of learning; so denominated from Averroes, or Averrhoes, a celebrated Arabian philosopher. He held the doctrine of monopsychism.

To avert; to ward off. [Obs.] Hudibras.

The act of averting. [Obs.]

An instrument for pruning trees, consisting of two blades, or a blade and a hook, fixed on the end of a long rod.

non, in France. It is used by dyers and painters for coloring yellow. Called also French berry.

plants, of the order Ranunculaceæ, native in the north temperate zone. The red or white berries are poisonous.

roadsides and in neglected fields. B. vulgaris is the species best known; its oblong red berries are made into a preserve or sauce, and have been deemed efficacious in fluxes and fevers. The bark dyes a fine yellow, esp. the bark of the root. [Also spelt berberry.]

The fruit of Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle); the shrub itself; -- called also candleberry tree. Bayberry tallow, a fragrant green wax obtained from the bayberry or wax myrtle; -- called also myrtle wax.

(Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), having leaves which are tonic and astringent, and glossy red berries of which bears are said to be fond.

See Barberry.