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To rate or chide vehemently; to scold. Holland. Motley.

To make rattle; to scold vociferously; to cry down. [Obs.] Shak.

TO make foul; to soil; to defile. [Obs.] Milton.

An African genet (Genetta pardina). See Genet.

A member of a race somewhat resembling the Arabs, but often classed as Hamitic, who were formerly the inhabitants of the whole of North Africa from the Mediterranean southward into the Sahara, and who still occupy a large part of that region; -- called also Kabyles. Also, the language spoken by this people.…

An alkaloid obtained, as a bitter, yellow substance, from the root of the barberry, gold thread, and other plants.

See Barberry.

A vocal or instrumental composition of a soft tranquil character, having a lulling effect; a cradle song.

,n.A kind of neckcloth. [Obs.] A treatise against the cravat and berdash. Steele.

, v. t. Etym: [Cf. OIcel. berja to strike.] To pierce. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; -- with of before the person or thing taken away. Madam, you have bereft me of all words. Shak. Bereft of him who taught me how to sing. Tickell.

The state of being bereaved; deprivation; esp., the loss of a relative by death.

One who bereaves.

of Bereave.

See Coma Berenices, under Coma.

Same as Berretta.

A large mass or hill, as of ice. Glittering bergs of ice. Tennyson .

A tree of the Orange family (Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume. Also, the fruit. (b) A variety of mint (Mentha aquatica, var. glabrata).

A European duck (Anas tadorna). See Sheldrake.

A pastoral song. [Obs.]