Barble

Bar"ble (?), n. See Barbel.

Barbotine

Bar"bo*tine (?), n. [F.] A paste of clay used in decorating coarse pottery in relief.

Barbre

Bar"bre (?), a. Barbarian. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Barbule

Bar"bule (?), n. [L. barbula, fr. barba beard.]

1. A very minute barb or beard. Booth.

2. (Zoöl.) One of the processes along the edges of the barbs of a feather, by which adjacent barbs interlock. See Feather.

Barcarolle

Bar"ca*rolle (?), n. [F. barcarolle, fr. It. barcaruola, fr. barca bark, barge.] (Mus.) (a) A popular song or melody sung by Venetian gondoliers. (b) A piece of music composed in imitation of such a song.

Barcon

Bar"con (?), n. [It. barcone, fr. barca a bark.] A vessel for freight; -- used in Mediterranean.

Bard

Bard (?), n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. W. bardd, Arm. barz, Ir. & Gael. bard, and F. barde.]

1. A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.

2. Hence: A poet; as, the bard of Avon.

Bard, Barde

Bard, Barde (?), n. [F. barde, of doubtful origin.]
1. A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the pl.]
2. pl. Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.
3. (Cookery) A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.
Bard
Bard, v. t. (Cookery) To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.
Barded
Bard"ed, p.a. [See Bard horse armor.]
1. Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse.
2. (Her.) Wearing rich caparisons.
Fifteen hundred men . . . barded and richly trapped. Stow.

Bardic
Bard"ic, a. Of or pertaining to bards, or their poetry. The bardic lays of ancient Greece." G. P. Marsh.
Bardish
Bard"ish, a. Pertaining to, or written by, a bard or bards. Bardish impostures." Selden.
Bardism
Bard"ism (?), n. The system of bards; the learning and maxims of bards.
Bardling
Bard"ling (?), n. An inferior bard. J. Cunningham.
Bardship
Bard"ship, n. The state of being a bard.
Bare
Bare (?), a. [OE. bar, bare, AS. bær; akin to D. & G. baar, OHG. par, Icel. berr, Sw. & Dan. bar, OSlav. bos barefoot, Lith. basas; cf. Skr. bhās to shine .]
1. Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.
2. With head uncovered; bareheaded.
When once thy foot enters the church, be bare. Herbert.

3. Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
Bare in thy guilt, how foul must thou appear ! Milton.

4. Plain; simple; unadorned; without polish; bald; meager. Uttering bare truth." Shak.
5. Destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished or scantily furnished; -- used with of (rarely with in) before the thing wanting or taken away; as, a room bare of furniture. A bare treasury." Dryden.
6. Threadbare; much worn.
It appears by their bare liveries that they live by your bare words. Shak.

7. Mere; alone; unaccompanied by anything else; as, a bare majority. The bare necessaries of life." Addison.
Nor are men prevailed upon by bare of naked truth. South.
Under bare poles (Naut.), having no sail set.
Bare
Bare, n.
1. Surface; body; substance. [R.]
You have touched the very bare of naked truth. Marston.

2. (Arch.) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.
Bare
Bare, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bared(); p. pr. & vb. n. Baring.] [AS. barian. See Bare, a.] To strip off the covering of; to make bare; as, to bare the breast.
Bare
Bare. Bore; the old preterit of Bear, v.
Bareback
Bare"back` (?), adv. On the bare back of a horse, without using a saddle; as, to ride bareback.
Barebacked
Bare"backed` (?), a. Having the back uncovered; as, a barebacked horse.
Barebone
Bare"bone` (?), n. A very lean person; one whose bones show through the skin. Shak.
Barefaced
Bare"faced` (?), a.
1. With the face uncovered; not masked. You will play barefaced." Shak.
2. Without concealment; undisguised. Hence: Shameless; audacious. Barefaced treason." J. Baillie.
Barefacedly
Bare"faced`ly, adv. Openly; shamelessly. Locke.
Barefacedness
Bare"faced`ness, n. The quality of being barefaced; shamelessness; assurance; audaciousness.
Barefoot
Bare"foot (?), a. & adv. With the feet bare; without shoes or stockings.
Barefooted
Bare"foot`ed, a. Having the feet bare.
Barége
Ba*rége" (?), n. [F. barége, so called from Baréges, a town in the Pyrenees.] A gauzelike fabric for ladies' dresses, veils, etc. of worsted, silk and worsted, or cotton and worsted.
Barehanded
Bare"hand`ed (?), n. Having bare hands.
Bareheaded, Barehead
Bare"head`ed (?), Bare"head, a. & adv. Having the head uncovered; as, a bareheaded girl.
Barelegged
Bare"legged` (?), a. Having the legs bare.
Barely
Bare"ly, adv.
1. Without covering; nakedly.
2. Without concealment or disguise.
3. Merely; only.
R. For now his son is duke. W. Barely in title, not in revenue. Shak.

4. But just; without any excess; with nothing to spare ( of quantity, time, etc.); hence, scarcely; hardly; as, there was barely enough for all; he barely escaped.
Barenecked
Bare"necked` (?), a. Having the neck bare.
Bareness
Bare"ness, n. The state of being bare.
Baresark
Bare"sark (?), n. [Literally, bare sark or shirt.] A Berserker, or Norse warrior who fought without armor, or shirt of mail. Hence, adverbially: Without shirt of mail or armor.
Barfish
Bar"fish` (?), n. (Zoöl.) Same as Calico bass.
Barful
Bar"ful (?), a. Full of obstructions. [Obs.] Shak.
Bargain
Bar"gain (?), n. [OE. bargayn, bargany, OF. bargaigne, bargagne, prob. from a supposed LL. barcaneum, fr. barca a boat which carries merchandise to the shore; hence, to traffic to and fro, to carry on commerce in general. See Bark a vessel. ]
1. An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration.
A contract is a bargain that is legally binding. Wharton.

2. An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
And whon your honors mean to solemnize The bargain of your faith. Shak.

3. A purchase; also ( when not qualified), a gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase; as, to buy a thing at a bargain.
4. The thing stipulated or purchased; also, anything bought cheap.
She was too fond of her most filthy bargain. Shak.
Bargain and sale (Law), a species of conveyance, by which the bargainor contracts to convey the lands to the bargainee, and becomes by such contract a trustee for and seized to the use of the bargainee. The statute then completes the purchase; i.e., the bargain vests the use, and the statute vests the possession. Blackstone. -- Into the bargain, over and above what is stipulated; besides. -- To sell bargains, to make saucy ( usually indelicate) repartees. [Obs.] Swift. -- To strike a bargain, to reach or ratify an agreement. A bargain was struck." Macaulay. Syn. -- Contract; stipulation; purchase; engagement.
Bargain
Bar"gain, v. i. [OE. barganien, OF. bargaigner, F. barguigner, to hesitate, fr. LL. barcaniare. See Bargain, n.] To make a bargain; to make a contract for the exchange of property or services; -- followed by with and for; as, to bargain with a farmer for a cow.
So worthless peasants bargain for their wives. Shak.

Bargain
Bar"gain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bargained (); p. pr. & vb. n. Bargaining.] To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to bargain one horse for another. To bargain away, to dispose of in a bargain; -- usually with a sense of loss or disadvantage; as, to bargain away one's birthright. The heir . . . had somehow bargained away the estate." G. Eliot.
Barfainee
Bar`fain*ee" (?), n. [OF. bargaigné, p.p. See Bargain, v. i.] (Law) The party to a contract who receives, or agrees to receive, the property sold. Blackstone.
Bargainer
Bar"gain*er (?), n. One who makes a bargain; -- sometimes in the sense of bargainor.
Bargainor
Bar`gain*or" (?), n. (Law) One who makes a bargain, or contracts with another; esp., one who sells, or contracts to sell, property to another. Blackstone.
Barge
Barge (?), n. [OF. barge, F. berge, fr. LL. barca, for barica (not found), prob. fr. L. baris an Egyptian rowboat, fr. Gr. , prob. fr. Egyptian: cf. Coptic bari a boat. Cf. Bark a vessel.]
1. A pleasure boat; a vessel or boat of state, elegantly furnished and decorated.
2. A large, roomy boat for the conveyance of passengers or goods; as, a ship's barge; a charcoal barge.
3. A large boat used by flag officers.
4. A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat. [U.S.]
5. A large omnibus used for excursions. [Local, U.S.]
Bargeboard
Barge"board` (?), n. [Perh. corrup. of vergeboard; or cf. LL. bargus a kind of gallows.] A vergeboard.
Bargecourse
Barge"course` (?), n. [See Bargeboard.] (Arch.) A part of the tiling which projects beyond the principal rafters, in buildings where there is a gable. Gwilt.
Bargee
Bar*gee" (?), n. A bargeman. [Eng.]
Bargeman
Barge"man (?), n. The man who manages a barge, or one of the crew of a barge.
Bargemastter
Barge"mast`ter (?), n. The proprietor or manager of a barge, or one of the crew of a barge.
Barger
Bar"ger (?), n. The manager of a barge. [Obs.]
Barghest
Bar"ghest` (?), n. [Perh. G. berg mountain + geist demon, or bär a bear + geist.] A goblin, in the shape of a large dog, portending misfortune. [Also written barguest.]
Baria
Ba"ri*a (?), n. [Cf. Barium.] (Chem.) Baryta.
Baric
Bar"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to barium; as, baric oxide.
Baric
Bar"ic, a. [Gr. weight.] (Physics) Of or pertaining to weight, esp. to the weight or pressure of the atmosphere as measured by the barometer.
Barilla
Ba*ril"la (?), n. [Sp. barrilla.]
1. (Bot.) A name given to several species of Salsola from which soda is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and lixiviating the ashes.
2. (Com.) (a) The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching purposes. (b) Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp. Ure. Copper barilla (Min.), native copper in granular form mixed with sand, an ore brought from Bolivia; -- called also Barilla de cobre.
Barillet
Bar"il*let (?), n. [F., dim. of baril barrel.] A little cask, or something resembling one. Smart.
Bar iron
Bar" i`ron (?). See under Iron.
Barite
Ba"rite (?), n. (Min.) Native sulphate of barium, a mineral occurring in transparent, colorless, white to yellow crystals (generally tabular), also in granular form, and in compact massive forms resembling marble. It has a high specific gravity, and hence is often called heavy spar. It is a common mineral in metallic veins.
Baritone
Bar"i*tone (?), a. & n. See Barytone.
Barium
Ba"ri*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. bary`s heavy.] (Chem.) One of the elements, belonging to the alkaline earth group; a metal having a silver-white color, and melting at a very high temperature. It is difficult to obtain the pure metal, from the facility with which it becomes oxidized in the air. Atomic weight, 137. Symbol, Ba. Its oxide called baryta. [Rarely written barytum.] &hand; Some of the compounds of this element are remarkable for their high specific gravity, as the sulphate, called heavy spar, and the like. The oxide was called barote, by Guyton de Morveau, which name was changed by Lavoisier to baryta, whence the name of the metal.
Bard
Bard (?), n. [Akin to Dan. & Sw. bark, Icel. börkr, LG. & HG. borke.]
1. The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
2. Specifically, Peruvian bark. Bark bed. See Bark stove (below). -- Bark pit, a pit filled with bark and water, in which hides are steeped in tanning. -- Bark stove (Hort.), a glazed structure for keeping tropical plants, having a bed of tanner's bark (called a bark bed) or other fermentable matter which produces a moist heat.
Bark
Bark, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Barked (); p. pr. & vb. n. Barking.]
1. To strip the bark from; to peel.
2. To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel.
3. To girdle. See Girdle, v. t., 3.
4. To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark; as, to bark the roof of a hut.
Bark
Bark, v. i. [OE. berken, AS. beorcan; akin to Icel. berkja, and prob. to E. break.]
1. To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs; -- said of some animals, but especially of dogs.
2. To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
They bark, and say the Scripture maketh heretics. Tyndale.

Where there is the barking of the belly, there no other commands will be heard, much less obeyed. Fuller.

Bark
Bark, n. The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar sound made by some other animals.
Bark, Barque
Bark, Barque (?), n. [F. barque, fr. Sp. or It. barca, fr. LL. barca for barica. See Barge.]
1. Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind. Byron.
2. (Naut.) A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast squarerigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
Barkantine
Bark"an*tine (?), n. Same as Barkentine.
Bark beetle
Bark" bee`tle (?). (Zoöl.) A small beetle of many species (family Scolytidæ), which in the larval state bores under or in the bark of trees, often doing great damage.
Barkbound
Bark"bound` (?), a. Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.
Barkeeper
Bar"keep`er (?), n. One who keeps or tends a bar for the sale of liquors.
Barken
Bark"en (?), a. Made of bark. [Poetic] Whittier.
Barkentine
Bark"en*tine (?), n. [See Bark, n., a vessel.] (Naut.) A threemasted vessel, having the foremast square-rigged, and the others schooner-rigged. [Spelled also barquentine, barkantine, etc.] See Illust. in Append.
Barker
Bark"er (?), n.
1. An animal that barks; hence, any one who clamors unreasonably.
2. One who stands at the doors of shops to urg passers by to make purchases. [Cant, Eng.]
3. A pistol. [Slang] Dickens.
4. (Zoöl.) The spotted redshank.
Barker
Bark"er, n. One who strips trees of their bark.
Barker's mill
Bark"er's mill` (?). [From Dr. Barker, the inventor.] A machine, invented in the 17th century, worked by a form of reaction wheel. The water flows into a vertical tube and gushes from apertures in hollow horizontal arms, causing the machine to revolve on its axis.
Barkery
Bark"er*y (?), n. A tanhouse.
Barking irons
Bark"ing i`rons (?).
1. Instruments used in taking off the bark of trees. Gardner.
2. A pair of pistols. [Slang]
Barkless
Bark"less, a. Destitute of bark.
Bark louse
Bark" louse` (?). (Zoöl.) An insect of the family Coccidæ, which infests the bark of trees and vines. &hand; The wingless females assume the shape of scales. The bark louse of vine is Pulvinaria innumerabilis; that of the pear is Lecanium pyri. See Orange scale.
Barky
Bark"y (?), a. Covered with, or containing, bark. The barky fingers of the elm." Shak.
Barley
Bar"ley (?), n. [OE. barli, barlich, AS. bærlic; bere barley + līc (which is prob. the same as E. like, adj., or perh. a form of AS. leāc leek). AS. bere is akin to Icel, barr barley, Goth. barizeins made of barley, L. far spelt; cf. W. barlys barley, bara bread. 92. Cf. Farina, 6th Bear.] (Bot.) A valuable grain, of the family of grasses, genus Hordeum, used for food, and for making malt, from which are prepared beer, ale, and whisky.