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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bear \Bear\, Bere \Bere\ (b[=e]r), noun [AS. bere. See {Barley}.] (Bot.) Barley; the six-rowed barley or the four-rowed barley, commonly the former ({Hordeum hexastichon} or {Hordeum vulgare}). [Obs. except in North of Eng. and Scot.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bere \Bere\ (b[=e]r), verb (used with an object) [Cf. OIcel. berja to strike.] To pierce. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bere \Bere\, noun See {Bear}, barley. [Scot.]
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