BERQUERIA, or Berkaria, 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 cervex. Hence also a shepherd was denominated berbicarius 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 36lb. English avoirdupois weight.