The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bear \Bear\, Bere \Bere\ (b[=e]r), n. [AS. bere. See Barley.]
   (Bot.)
   Barley; the six-rowed barley or the four-rowed barley,
   commonly the former (Hordeum hexastichon or Hordeum
   vulgare). [Obs. except in North of Eng. and Scot.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bere \Bere\ (b[=e]r), v. t. [Cf. OIcel. berja to strike.]
   To pierce. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bere \Bere\, n.
   See Bear, barley. [Scot.]
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