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

Her dress was ornamented with a bertha and cuffs of Duchess lace.

From The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach Proving Their Mettle Under Southern Skies by Crane, Laura Dent

And there's that lace of mine you can have for a bertha.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)