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    Berry (), n.; pl. Berries. [OE. berie, AS. berie, berige; akin to D. bes, G. beere, OS. and OHG. beri, Icel. ber, Sw. bär, Goth. basi, and perh. Skr. bhas to eat.]
    1. Any small fleshy fruit, as the strawberry, mulberry, huckleberry, etc.

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    2. (Bot.) A small fruit that is pulpy or succulent throughout, having seeds loosely imbedded in the pulp, as the currant, grape, blueberry.

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    3. The coffee bean.

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    4. One of the ova or eggs of a fish. Travis.

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    In berry, containing ova or spawn.

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    Berry, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Berried (); p. pr. & vb. n. Berrying.] To bear or produce berries.

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    Berry, n. [AS. beorh. See Barrow a hill.] A mound; a hillock.  W. Browne.

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