Berth (b&etilde_;rth), n. [From the root of bear to produce, like birth nativity. See Birth.] [Also written birth.]
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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.
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2. An allotted place; an appointment; situation or employment. “He has a good berth.” Totten.
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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.
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Berth deck, the deck next below the lower gun deck. Ham. Nav. Encyc. -- To give (the land or any object) a wide berth, to keep at a distance from it.
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