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noun

Berth n. (Also written birth)

1.

(Naut.)

(a)

Convenient sea room.

(b)

A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside.

(c)

The place where a ship lies when she is at anchor, or at a wharf.

2.

An allotted place; an appointment; situation or employment. "He has a good berth."

3.

A place in a ship to sleep in; a long box or shelf on the side of a cabin or stateroom, or of a railway car, for sleeping in.

Berth deck, the deck next below the lower gun deck.

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

Birth n.

1.

The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.

2.

Lineage; extraction; descent; sometimes, high birth; noble extraction. "Elected without reference to birth, but solely for qualifications."

3.

The condition to which a person is born; natural state or position; inherited disposition or tendency. "A foe by birth to Troy's unhappy name."

4.

The act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth. "At her next birth."

5.

That which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable. "Poets are far rarer births than kings." "Others hatch their eggs and tend the birth till it is able to shift for itself."

6.

Origin; beginning; as, the birth of an empire.

New birth (Theol.), regeneration, or the commencement of a religious life.

Synonyms: Parentage; extraction; lineage; race; family.

Birth n. See Berth. (Obs.)

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