bertha

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To show that it was the PKF proteins that were doing the killing, University of British Columbia molecular biologist David Theilmann and colleagues infected bertha armyworms with two baculovirus species, MacoNPV-A and MacoNPV-B.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 29, 2021

Edwardian sleeves and bertha collars, ribbons, roses and trailing black velvet are the tricks of the trade.

From Time Magazine Archive

Miss Schuyler wore a pink brocade of the richest and most delicate quality, and a bertha of Brussels lace.

From The Conqueror by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

Mrs. Baldwin's lace bertha rose and fell sharply.

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney

The catastrophe, which you related so calmly, about your book-muslin dress, lace bertha, etc., convulsed me with cold shudderings of horror. 

From Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle by Shorter, Clement King