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Webster 1913 Edition
Bere
{
Bear
,Bere
}(bēr)
, Noun.
[AS.
bere
. See Barley
.] (Bot.)
Barley; the six-rowed barley or the four-rowed barley, commonly the former (
Hordeum hexastichon
or Hordeum vulgare
). [Obs. except in North of Eng. and Scot.]
Bere
(bēr)
, Verb.
T.
[Cf. OIcel.
berja
to strike.] To pierce.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bere
BERE
,Noun.