Helen Fenton

Berserker: Definition and part of speech

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Berserker

  1. n. One who fights as if frenzied, like a Berserker.
  2. n. One of a class of legendary heroes, who fought frenzied by intoxicating liquors, and naked, regardless of wounds.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Berth: Definition and part of speech

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Berth

  1. n. A place in a ship to sleep in; a long box or shelf on the side of a cabin or stateroom, or of a railway car, for sleeping in.
  2. n. Convenient sea room.
  3. n. A room in which a number of the officers or ship’s company mess and reside.
  4. n. The place where a ship lies when she is at anchor, or at a wharf.
  5. n. An allotted place; an appointment; situation or employment.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.