BERQUERIA, or BERKERIA, in middle-age writers, denotes a sheep-fold, sheep-cote, sheep-pen, or other enclosure, for the safe keeping a flock of sheep.—The word is abbreviated from berbicaria; of berber, detorted from verve. Hence also a shepherd was denominated herbicarius and bergarius.

BERCHEROIT, or BERKOITS, a weight used at Archangel, and in all the Russian dominions, to weigh such merchandises as are heavy and bulky. It weighs about 364lb. English avoirdupois weight.