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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Berth

Bĕrth, n.

noun

(14), n. [Also written birth, from the root of bear, like birth, nativity. See BIRTH.]

Sense 1. (Naut.) The place where a ship lies when she is at anchor, or at a wharf.

Sense 2. A place in a ship to sleep in; a long box on the side of the cabin for sleeping in.

Sense 3. Official situation, position, or employment. “He has a good berth.” Totten.

☞ To give the land or any object a wide berth, is to keep at a distance from it.

Bĕrth, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. 1. To give an anchorage to, or a place to lie at; as, she was berthed stem to stern with the Adelaide. 2. To allot or furnish berths to, on shipboard; as, to berth a ship’s company. Totten.