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n. [ F. ambre gris, i. e., gray amber; F. gris gray, which is of German origin: cf. OS. grîs, G. greis, gray-haired. See Amber. ] A substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in the Indian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a morbid secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), which is believed to be in all cases its true origin. In color it is white, ash-gray, yellow, or black, and often variegated like marble. The floating masses are sometimes from sixty to two hundred and twenty-five pounds in weight. It is wholly volatilized as a white vapor at 212° Fahrenheit, and is highly valued in perfumery. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] An inn. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ √95. See Barrow hill, and cf. Iceberg. ] A large mass or hill, as of ice. [ 1913 Webster ]

Glittering bergs of ice. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a small wrasse (Tautogolabrus adspersus), common in north Atantic coastal waters of the U. S.; -- also called the cunner.
Syn. -- cunner. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. bergamote, fr. It. bergamotta; prob. a corruption of Turk. beg armūdi a lord's pear. ] 1. (Bot.) (a) A tree of the Orange family (Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume. Also, the fruit. (b) A variety of mint (Mentha aquatica, var. glabrata). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The essence or perfume made from the fruit. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A variety of pear. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot. [ 1913 Webster ]

The better hand . . . gives the nose its bergamot. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair; -- said to have been invented at Bergamo, Italy. Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wild bergamot (Bot.), an American herb of the Mint family (Monarda fistulosa). [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. [ Berg, for burrow + gander a male goose? Cf. G. bergente, Dan. gravgaas. ] (Zool.) A European duck (Anas tadorna). See Sheldrake. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. bergerete, F. berger a shepherd. ] A pastoral song. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. beorg. ] A hill. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Barmaster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G. berg mountain + mehl meal. ] (Min.) An earthy substance, resembling fine flour. It is composed of the shells of infusoria, and in Lapland and Sweden is sometimes eaten, mixed with flour or ground birch bark, in times of scarcity. This name is also given to a white powdery variety of calcite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Barmote. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A rustic dance, so called in ridicule of the people of Bergamo, in Italy, once noted for their clownishness. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ G., lit., mountain gap. ] (Phys. Geog.) The crevasse or series of crevasses, usually deep and often broad, frequently occurring near the head of a mountain glacier, about where the névé field joins the valley portion of the glacier. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ G., lit., mountain stick. ] A long pole with a spike at the end, used in climbing mountains; an alpenstock. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Zool.) The Norway haddock. See Rosefish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a large genus of tropical trees having pinnate leaves and paniculate flowers and cultivated commercially for their dramatically grained and colored timbers.
Syn. -- genus Dalbergia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From Ekeberg, a German. ] (Min.) A variety of scapolite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a material made of fine glass fibers woven into a fabric-like form, and used in applications requiring heat resistance; it is also embedded in resins to make a pliable but strong composite material used as the main component of fishing rods and boat hulls, and replacing the sheet metal in some automobile bodies. [ Also spelled fibreglass, mostly British in usage. ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ Cf. Flap, and Aghast. ] To astonish; to strike with wonder, esp. by extraordinary statements. [ Jocular ] Beaconsfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being flabbergasted. [ Jocular ] London Punch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sycophant. [ Obs. & Humorous. ] “Flatterers and flibbergibs.” Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. haubergeon a small hauberk, dim. of OF. hauberc, F. haubert. See Hauberk. ] Properly, a short hauberk, but often used loosely for the hauberk. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A small genus of Australian woody vines with small violet flowers; closely related to genus Kennedia.
Syn. -- genus Hardenbergia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Habergeon. [ 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 ]

n. [ Prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. iisbierg, Sw. isberg, properly, a mountain of ice. See Ice, and Berg. ] A large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Icebergs are large detached portions of glaciers, which in cold regions often project into the sea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G. ] A fine white wine produced on the estate of Schloss (or Castle) Johannisberg, on the Rhine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. rame oar + barge barge. ] Formerly, a kind of large war galley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Ramberge. [ 1913 Webster ]