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/bɪə/ · noun
(chiefly Scotland) Barley, especially four-rowed barley or six-rowed barley..
Woven and embroidered coverlets in imitation of tapestry appear as 'a tapestry covering which lieth on my bed' [...] 'a pillow of feathers with a bere' (pillow-case); 'two pillows and the beres to [cover them]'
[...] he'd tossed me an extra pillow in a bere.
Use bere when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bere means (chiefly Scotland) Barley, especially four-rowed barley or six-rowed barley..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Woven and embroidered coverlets in imitation of tapestry appear as 'a tapestry covering which lieth on my bed' [...] 'a pillow of feathers with a bere' (pillow-case); 'two pillows and the beres to [cover them]'
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