Behring Sea
. See Bering Sea
Beige or Debeige, bazh, a light-weight, twilled, dress fabric. A peculiar color effect is produced by twisting two yarns of different colors. Gray and white, drab and white, or two shades of gray, of drab, or of slate, are the usual colors of beige. The word beige is from the French, and means gray.
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