Bere

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bear \Bear\, Bere \Bere\ (b[=e]r), n. [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.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bere \Bere\ (b[=e]r), v. t. [Cf. OIcel. berja to strike.]
     To pierce. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bere \Bere\, n.
     See {Bear}, barley. [Scot.]
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