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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 ]

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. 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. (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. [ L. verberatus, p. p. of verberare to beat, from verber a lash, a whip. ] To beat; to strike. [ Obs. ] “The sound . . . rebounds again and verberates the skies.” Mir. for Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]