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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A small fruit that is pulpy or succulent throughout, having seeds loosely imbedded in the pulp, as the currant, grape, blueberry. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The coffee bean. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. One of the ova or eggs of a fish. Travis. [ 1913 Webster ]

In berry, containing ova or spawn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. beorh. See Barrow a hill. ] A mound; a hillock. W. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Berried p. pr. & vb. n. Berrying. ] To bear or produce berries. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A seeking for or gathering of berries, esp. of such as grow wild. [ 1913 Webster ]