bergère, n.f., shepherdess; nymph, lass; (fig.) easy-chair.
bergerette, n.f., little shepherdess, country lass; (ornith.) wagtail.
bergerie, n.f., sheepfold, pen; pl., pastorals.
bergeronnette, n.f., young shepherdess, lass; (orni.) dish-washer, wagtail.
béril, n.m. V. béryl.
berle, n.f., smallage, water-parsnip.
berline, n.f., traveling-coach, berlin.
berlingot, n.m., chariot resembling a berlin, sort of gig.
berloque or breloque, n.f., (milit.) dinner-drum, breakfast-drum. (fig.) Battre la —; to talk at random.
berlue, n.f., dimness of sight, dazzling. Avoir la —; to be dim-sighted; (fig.) to be blind, not to see further than one’s nose.