Bar Bar (bär)
transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Barred (bärd);
present participle & verbal noun Barring .] [ French
barrer . See
Bar ,
noun ]
1. To fasten with a bar; as, to bar a door or gate. 2. To restrict or confine, as if by a bar; to hinder; to obstruct; to prevent; to prohibit; as, to bar the entrance of evil; distance bars our intercourse; the statute bars my right; the right is barred by time; a release bars the plaintiff's recovery; -- sometimes with up . He barely looked the idea in the face, and hastened to bar it in its dungeon.
Hawthorne.
3. To except; to exclude by exception. Nay, but I bar to-night: you shall not gauge me
By what we do to-night.
Shak.
4. To cross with one or more stripes or lines. For the sake of distinguishing the feet more clearly, I have barred them singly.
Burney.
Bar iron Bar" i`ron See under Iron .
Baraca Ba·ra"ca noun An international, interdenominational organization of Bible classes of young men; -- so named in allusion to the Hebrew word Berachah (Meaning blessing ) occurring in 2 Chron. xx. 26 and 1 Chron. xii.
Barad Bar"ad noun [ Greek ... weight.]
(Physics) The pressure of one dyne per square centimeter; -- used as a unit of pressure.
Barathea Bar`a·the"a noun A soft fabric with a kind of basket weave and a diapered pattern.
Barb Barb noun [ French
barbe , from Latin
barba beard. See
Beard ,
noun ]
1. Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it. The barbel, so called by reason of his barbs , or wattles in his mouth.
Walton.
2. A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners. [ Obsolete]
3. plural Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen. [ Written also
barbel and
barble .]
4. The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else. "Having two
barbs or points."
Ascham. 5. A bit for a horse. [ Obsolete]
Spenser. 6. (Zoology) One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane. See Feather . 7. (Zoology) A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also improperly called whiting . 8. (Botany) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
Barb Barb transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Barbed ;
present participle & verbal noun Barbing .]
1. To shave or dress the beard of. [ Obsolete]
2. To clip; to mow. [ Obsolete]
Marston. 3. To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc. But rattling storm of arrows barbed with fire.
Milton.
Barb Barb noun [ French
barbe , from
Barbarie .]
1. The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors. 2. (Zoology) A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
Barb Barb noun [ Corrupted from
bard .]
Armor for a horse. Same as 2d Bard , noun , 1.
Barbacan Bar"ba·can noun See Barbican .
Barbacanage Bar"ba·can·age noun See Barbicanage .
Barbadian Bar·ba"di·an adjective Of or pertaining to Barbados. --
noun A native of Barbados.
Barbados, Barbadoes Bar·ba"dos, Bar·ba"does noun A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc. Barbados cherry (Botany) ,
a genus of trees of the West Indies ( Malpighia ) with an agreeably acid fruit resembling a cherry. --
Barbados leg (Medicine) ,
a species of elephantiasis incident to hot climates. --
Barbados nuts ,
the seeds of the Jatropha curcas , a plant growing in South America and elsewhere. The seeds and their acrid oil are used in medicine as a purgative. See Physic nut .
Barbara Bar"ba·ra noun [ Coined by logicians.]
(Logic) The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent the various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose three propositions are universal affirmatives. Whately.
Barbaresque Bar`ba·resque" adjective Barbaric in form or style; as, barbaresque architecture. De Quincey.
Barbarian Bar·ba"ri·an noun [ See
Barbarous .]
1. A foreigner. [ Historical]
Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian , and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
1 Cor. xiv. 11.
2. A man in a rude, savage, or uncivilized state. 3. A person destitute of culture. M. Arnold. 4. A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or humanity. "Thou fell
barbarian ."
Philips.
Barbarian Bar·ba"ri·an adjective Of, or pertaining to, or resembling, barbarians; rude; uncivilized; barbarous; as, barbarian governments or nations.
Barbaric Bar·bar"ic (bär*băr"ĭk)
adjective [ Latin
barbaricus foreign, barbaric, Greek
barbariko`s .]
1. Of, or from, barbarian nations; foreign; -- often with reference to barbarous nations of the east. "
Barbaric pearl and gold."
Milton. 2. Of or pertaining to, or resembling, an uncivilized person or people; barbarous; barbarian; destitute of refinement. "Wild,
barbaric music."
Sir W. Scott.
Barbarism Bar"ba·rism (bär"bȧ*rĭz'm)
noun [ Latin
barbarismus , Greek
barbarismo`s ; confer French
barbarisme .]
1. An uncivilized state or condition; rudeness of manners; ignorance of arts, learning, and literature; barbarousness. Prescott. 2. A barbarous, cruel, or brutal action; an outrage. A heinous barbarism . . . against the honor of marriage.
Milton.
3. An offense against purity of style or language; any form of speech contrary to the pure idioms of a particular language. See Solecism . The Greeks were the first that branded a foreign term in any of their writers with the odious name of barbarism .
G. Campbell.
Barbarity Bar·bar"i·ty noun ;
plural Barbarities [ From
Barbarous .]
1. The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization. 2. Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity. Treating Christians with a barbarity which would have shocked the very Moslem.
Macaulay. 3. A barbarous or cruel act. 4. Barbarism; impurity of speech. [ Obsolete]
Swift.
Barbarize Bar"ba·rize intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Barbarized ;
present participle & verbal noun Barbarizing ]
1. To become barbarous. The Roman empire was barbarizing rapidly from the time of Trajan.
De Quincey. 2. To adopt a foreign or barbarous mode of speech. The ill habit . . . of wretched barbarizing against the Latin and Greek idiom, with their untutored Anglicisms.
Milton.
Barbarize Bar"ba·rize transitive verb [ Confer French
barbariser , Late Latin
barbarizare .]
To make barbarous. The hideous changes which have barbarized France.
Burke.
Barbarous Bar"ba·rous adjective [ Latin
barbarus , Greek
ba`rbaros , strange, foreign; later, slavish, rude, ignorant; akin to Latin
balbus stammering, Sanskrit
barbara stammering, outlandish. Confer
Brave ,
adjective ]
1. Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country. 2. Foreign; adapted to a barbaric taste. [ Obsolete]
Barbarous gold.
Dryden.
3. Cruel; ferocious; inhuman; merciless. By their barbarous usage he died within a few days, to the grief of all that knew him.
Clarendon.
4. Contrary to the pure idioms of a language. A barbarous expression
G. Campbell.
Syn. -- Uncivilized; unlettered; uncultivated; untutored; ignorant; merciless; brutal. See
Ferocious .
Barbarously Bar"ba·rous·ly adverb In a barbarous manner.
Barbarousness Bar"ba·rous·ness noun The quality or state of being barbarous; barbarity; barbarism.
Barbary Bar"ba·ry noun [ Fr. Arabic
Barbar the people of Barbary.]
The countries on the north coast of Africa from Egypt to the Atlantic. Hence: A Barbary horse; a barb. [ Obsolete] Also, a kind of pigeon. Barbary ape (Zoology) ,
an ape ( Macacus innuus ) of north Africa and Gibraltar Rock, being the only monkey inhabiting Europe. It is very commonly trained by showmen.
Barbastel Bar"ba·stel` noun [ French
barbastelle .]
(Zoology) A European bat ( Barbastellus communis ), with hairy lips.
Barbate Bar"bate adjective [ Latin
barbatus , from
barba beard. See
Barb beard.]
(Botany) Bearded; beset with long and weak hairs. Gray.
Barbated Bar"ba·ted adjective Having barbed points. A dart uncommonly barbated .
T. Warton.
Barbecue Bar"be·cue (bä"be*kū)
noun [ In the language of Indians of Guiana, a frame on which all kinds of flesh and fish are roasted or smoke-dried.]
1. A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast. 2. A social entertainment, where many people assemble, usually in the open air, at which one or more large animals are roasted or broiled whole. 3. A floor, on which coffee beans are sun- dried.
Barbecue Bar"be·cue transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Barbecued ;
present participle & verbal noun Barbecuing .]
1. To dry or cure by exposure on a frame or gridiron. They use little or no salt, but barbecue their game and fish in the smoke.
Stedman.
2. To roast or broil whole, as an ox or hog. Send me, gods, a whole hog barbecued .
Pope.
Barbed Barbed (bärbd
or bärb"ĕd)
adjective [ See 4th
Barb .]
Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See Barded (which is the proper form.) Sir W. Raleigh.
Barbed Barbed adjective Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed wire. Barbed wire ,
a wire, or a strand of twisted wires, armed with barbs or sharp points. It is used for fences.
Barbel Bar"bel (bär"bĕl)
noun [ Old French
barbel , French
barbeau , dim. of Latin
barbus barbel, from
barba beard. See 1st
Barb .]
1. (Zoology) A slender tactile organ on the lips of certain fishes. 2. (Zoology) A large fresh-water fish ( Barbus vulgaris ) found in many European rivers. Its upper jaw is furnished with four barbels. 3. plural Barbs or paps under the tongues of horses and cattle. See 1st Barb , 3.
Barbellate Bar"bel·late (-lat)
adjective [ See 1st
Barb .]
(Botany) Having short, stiff hairs, often barbed at the point. Gray.
Barbellulate Bar·bel"lu·late (bär*bĕl"lu*lat)
adjective (Botany) Barbellate with diminutive hairs or barbs.
Barber Bar"ber (bär"bẽr)
noun [ Middle English
barbour , Old French
barbeor , French
barbier , as if from an assumed Latin
barbator , from
barba beard. See 1st
Barb .]
One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to cut and dress the hair of his patrons. Barber's itch .
See under Itch . » Formerly the barber practiced some offices of surgery, such as letting blood and pulling teeth. Hence such terms as
barber surgeon (old form
barber chirurgeon ),
barber surgery , etc.
Barber Bar"ber transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Barbered ;
present participle & verbal noun Barbering .]
To shave and dress the beard or hair of. Shak.
Barber Bar"ber noun (Meteor.) A storm accompanied by driving ice spicules formed from sea water, esp. one occurring on the Gulf of St. Lawrence; -- so named from the cutting ice spicules. [ Canada]
Barber fish Bar"ber fish (Zoology) See Surgeon fish .
Barbermonger Bar"ber·mon`ger noun A fop. [ Obsolete]
Barberry Bar"ber·ry noun [ Middle English
barbarin ,
barbere , Old French
berbere .]
(Botany) A shrub of the genus Berberis , common along roadsides and in neglected fields. B. vulgaris is the species best known; its oblong red berries are made into a preserve or sauce, and have been deemed efficacious in fluxes and fevers. The bark dyes a fine yellow, esp. the bark of the root. [ Also spelt
berberry .]
Barbet Bar"bet noun [ French
barbet , from
barbe beard, long hair of certain animals. See
Barb beard.]
(Zoology) (a) A variety of small dog, having long curly hair. (b) A bird of the family Bucconidæ , allied to the Cuckoos, having a large, conical beak swollen at the base, and bearded with five bunches of stiff bristles; the puff bird. It inhabits tropical America and Africa. (c) A larva that feeds on aphides.
Barbette Bar·bette" noun [ French Confer
Barbet .]
(Fort.) A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet. En barbette ,
In barbette ,
said of guns when they are elevated so as to fire over the top of a parapet, and not through embrasures. --
Barbette gun , or
Barbette battery ,
a single gun, or a number of guns, mounted in barbette , or partially protected by a parapet or turret. --
Barbette carriage ,
a gun carriage which elevates guns sufficiently to be in barbette . [ See Illust. of Casemate .]
Barbican, Barbacan Bar"bi·can, Bar"ba·can noun [ Middle English
barbican ,
barbecan , French
barbacane , Late Latin
barbacana ,
barbicana , of uncertain origin: confer Arabic
barbakh aqueduct, sewer. French
barbacane also means, an opening to let out water, loophole.]
1. (Fort.) A tower or advanced work defending the entrance to a castle or city, as at a gate or bridge. It was often large and strong, having a ditch and drawbridge of its own. 2. An opening in the wall of a fortress, through which missiles were discharged upon an enemy.
Barbicanage, Barbacanage Bar"bi·can·age, Bar"ba·can·age noun [ Late Latin
barbicanagium . See
Barbican .]
Money paid for the support of a barbican. [ Obsolete]
Bouvier.
Barbicel Bar"bi·cel noun [ New Latin
barbicella , dim. of Latin
barba . See 1st
Barb .]
(Zoology) One of the small hooklike processes on the barbules of feathers.
Barbiers Bar"biers noun (Medicine) A variety of paralysis, peculiar to India and the Malabar coast; -- considered by many to be the same as beriberi in a chronic form.
Barbigerous Bar·big"er·ous adjective [ Latin
barba a beard +
-gerous .]
Having a beard; bearded; hairy.
Barbiton Bar"bi·ton noun [ Latin , from Greek
ba`rbiton .]
(Mus.) An ancient Greek instrument resembling a lyre.
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