berth birth = berth
berth n Bill: I carelessly overlooked this when revising _berth_ I'm not sure whether or not it's the _OED_ berth 2 naut [mooring space for ship] (1658 - ) 3 Hence place where a ship lies at anchor' (1706 -) or whether it mans our Nfld ROOM in a sense moving towards berth 3. If the la...
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/10798 |
| Summary: | berth n Bill: I carelessly overlooked this when revising _berth_ I'm not sure whether or not it's the _OED_ berth 2 naut [mooring space for ship] (1658 - ) 3 Hence place where a ship lies at anchor' (1706 -) or whether it mans our Nfld ROOM in a sense moving towards berth 3. If the latter we could perhaps use. Will you scan? Withdraw Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Withdrawn Check mark on card |
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