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n. Bishop George Berkeley; b. 1685, d. 1753. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ from the city of Berkeley, California, location of the University of California campus where it was discovered. ] a chemical element of the transuranic series. Chemical symbol Bk; atomic number 97; atomic weight 247. It is a radioactive element, with no stable isotopes; the longest-lived isotope is of mass number 247.07, decaying by alpha-emission with a half-life of 1, 400 years. The isotope with atomic weight 249 has a half-life of 314 days, and was isolated in weighable quantities.
Syn. -- Bk. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

{ } n. [ Icel. berserkr. ] 1. (Scand. Myth.) One of a class of legendary heroes, who fought frenzied by intoxicating liquors, and naked, regardless of wounds. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who fights as if frenzied, like a Berserker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Naut.) Having the keel arched upwards, but not actually hogged; -- said of a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A bunch of the keys or samaras of the ash tree. Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An English meadow plant, perhaps the columbine or the bluebell squill (Scilla nutans). [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A girl cropping culverkeys and cowslips to make garlands. Walton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Irk. ] Slothful. [ Obs. ] Rom. of R. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A beater. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who jerks or moves with a jerk. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A North American river chub (Hybopsis biguttatus). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Murky. [ Obs. ] Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Icel. kverk throat. &unr_;. ] To stifle or choke. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To keep under, or in subjection; to suppress. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A subordinate keeper or guardian. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]