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‖n. [ Cf. Berber, Barb a Barbary horse. ] (Zool.) An African genet (Genetta pardina). See Genet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Barbary. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) An alkaloid obtained, as a bitter, yellow substance, from the root of the barberry, gold thread, and other plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Barberry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The small olive-shaped berry of the European and Oriental caper, said to be used in pickles and as a condiment. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The currantlike fruit of the African and Arabian caper (Capparis sodado). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to, or resembling, Cerberus. [ Written also Cerberian. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

With wide Cerberean mouth. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Cerberus (in sense 1), gr. &unr_;. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Class. Myth.) A monster, in the shape of a three-headed dog, guarding the entrance into the infernal regions, Hence: Any vigilant custodian or guardian, esp. if surly. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A genus of East Indian serpents, allied to the pythons; the bokadam. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Checkerberries (Bot.) A spicy plant and its bright red berry; the wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens). Also incorrectly applied to the partridge berry (Mitchella repens). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a creeping red-berried perenial herb (Cornus canadensis) distinguished by clustered leaf whorls at tips of shoots; Greenland to Alaska.
Syn. -- bunchberry, dwarf cornel, pudding berry, Cornus canadensis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) A shrub of the blueberry group (Vaccinium stamineum); also, its bitter, greenish white berry; -- called also squaw huckleberry. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. diverberatus, p. p. of diverberare to strike asunder; di- = dis- + verberare. See Verberate. ] To strike or sound through. [ R. ] Davies (Holy Roode). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sounding through. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) 1. The berrylike drupe of the elder. That of the Old World elder (Sambucus nigra) and that of the American sweet elder (S. Canadensis) are sweetish acid, and are eaten as a berry or made into wines or jellies. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the European variety of elder (see 3rd elder), a common black-fruited shrub or small tree of Europe and Asia; the fruit is used for wines and jellies.
Syn. -- bourtree, black elder, common elder, European elder, Sambucus nigra. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. exacerbescens, -entis, p. pr. of exacerbescere, incho. of exacerbare. ] Increase of irritation or violence, particularly the increase of a fever or disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a mattress stuffed with feathers.
Syn. -- feather bed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a bed in which flowers are growing.
Syn. -- bed of flowers. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F., prop. a sheaf. ] (Pyrotechny) A kind of ornamental firework. Farrow.

prop. n. A genus of South African or Asiatic herbs having showy daisy-like flowers; it includes some of the African daisies.
Syn. -- genus Gerbera. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OF. herbier, LL. herbarium. See Herbarium. ] A garden; a pleasure garden. [ Obs. ] “Into an herber green.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Harborage. ] Harborage; lodging; shelter; harbor. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Harbinger. ] A harbinger. [ Obs. ] Chaucer.

/mhw>, n. [ See Harbor. ] A harbor. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. herbescens, p. pr. of herbescere. ] Growing into herbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To bear down or carry down, as by excess of weight, power, force, etc.; to overcome; to suppress. [ 1913 Webster ]

The point of reputation, when the news first came of the battle lost, did overbear the reason of war. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Overborne with weight the Cyprians fell. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

They are not so ready to overbear the adversary who goes out of his own country to meet them. Jowett (Thucyd. ) [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To domineer over; to overcome by insolence. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To bear fruit or offspring to excess; to be too prolific. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Overpowering; subduing; repressing. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Aggressively haughty; arrogant; domineering; tyrannical; dictatorial; insolent. [ 1913 Webster ]

--O`ver*bear"ing*ly, adv. -- O`ver*bear"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To bend to excess. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To bend over. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Perpender. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. reverberans, p. pr. : cf. F. réverbérant. See Reverberate. ] Having the quality of reverberation; reverberating. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. reverberatus, p. p. of reverberare to strike back, repel; pref. re- re- + verberare to lash, whip, beat, fr. verber a lash, whip, rod. ] 1. Reverberant. [ Obs. ] “The reverberate hills.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Driven back, as sound; reflected. [ Obs. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Reverberated p. pr. & vb. n. Reverberating. ] 1. To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo, as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who, like an arch, reverberates
The voice again. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To send or force back; to repel from side to side; as, flame is reverberated in a furnace. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence, to fuse by reverberated heat. [ Obs. ] “Reverberated into glass.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To resound; to echo. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be driven back; to be reflected or repelled, as rays of light; to be echoed, as sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ CF. F. réverbération. ] The act of reverberating; especially, the act of reflecting light or heat, or reechoing sound; as, the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of voices; the reverberation of heat or flame in a furnace. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the nature of reverberation; tending to reverberate; reflective. [ 1913 Webster ]

This reverberative influence is that which we have intended above, as the influence of the mass upon its centers. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, produces reverberation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Producing reverberation; acting by reverberation; reverberative. [ 1913 Webster ]

Reverberatory furnace. See the Note under Furnace. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A reverberatory furnace. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Sherbet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ar. sherbet, shorbet, sharbat, properly, one drink or sip, a draught, beverage, from shariba to drink. Cf. Sorbet, Sirup, Shrub a drink. ] 1. A refreshing drink, common in the East, made of the juice of some fruit, diluted, sweetened, and flavored in various ways; as, orange sherbet; lemon sherbet; raspberry sherbet, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A flavored water ice. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A preparation of bicarbonate of soda, tartaric acid, sugar, etc., variously flavored, for making an effervescing drink; -- called also sherbet powder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A tree or shrub (Elaeagnus argentea) with silvery foliage and fruit. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. transverberatus, p. p. of transverberare to strike or pierce through. ] To beat or strike through. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ AS. underberan. See Under, and Bear to support. ] 1. To support; to endure. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To line; to guard; to face; as, cloth of gold underborne with blue tinsel. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who supports or sustains; especially, at a funeral, one of those who bear the corpse, as distinguished from a bearer, or pallbearer, who helps to hold up the pall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The lower ventral part of the abdomen of an animal, especially one that walks on four feet. [ PJC ]

2. The surface of an object closest to the ground, especially of an extended object such as an airplane. [ PJC ]

3. The weak point of an object vulnerable to attack; used especially in the phrase “the soft underbelly”. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. See Vervain. ] (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Verbena, or vervain, was used by the Greeks, the Romans, and the Druids, in their sacred rites. Brewer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Essence of verbena,
Oil of verbena, a perfume prepared from the lemon verbena; also, a similar perfume properly called grass oil. See Grass oil, under Grass. --
Lemon verbena, or
Sweet verbena, a shrubby verbenaceous plant (Lippia citriodora), with narrow leaves which exhale a pleasant, lemonlike fragrance when crushed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order (Verbenaceae) of gamopetalous plants of which Verbena is the type. The order includes also the black and white mangroves, and many plants noted for medicinal use or for beauty of bloom. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Verbenated p. pr. & vb. n. Verbenating. ] [ L. verbenatus crowned with a wreath of sacred boughs. See Verbena. ] To strew with verbena, or vervain, as in ancient sacrifices and rites. [ 1913 Webster ]