blaeberry

[ bley-ber-ee, -buh-ree ]

noun

, Scot. and North England.

, plural blae·ber·ries.

1. whortleberry.

blaeberry

/ ˈbleɪbərɪ /

noun

1. See bilberry
   another name for bilberry bilberry

Word History and Origins

Origin of blaeberry¹

1375–1425; late Middle English (north) blaberie. See blae, berry

Word History and Origins

Origin of blaeberry¹

C15: from blae + berry

Example Sentences

He flung himself down in a blaeberry-bed, and lay there doggedly, his weak mouth tightly closed.

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He sustained himself by grasping a bush of blaeberry plants, and he dug his toes into the soft black peat.

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The Scotch name of this shrub is Blaeberry, the praises of which are often sung in Northern ballads.

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Gavin was standing on grass, but there were patches of heather within sight, and broom, and the leaf of the blaeberry.

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They drop in on her mother straining the blaeberry juice through a bag suspended between two chairs.

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