BARBAROUSLY
B'ARBAROUSLY, adverb In the manner of a barbarian; ignorantly; without knowledge or arts; contrary to the rules of speech.2. In a savage, cruel, ferocious or inhuman manner.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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BARBAROUSNESS
B'ARBAROUSNESS, noun Rudeness or incivility of manners.2. Impurity of language.3. Cruelty; inhumanity; barbarity.
BARBARY
B'ARBARY, noun A barbary horse; a barb.
BARBASTEL
B'ARBASTEL, noun A bat with hairy lips.
BARBATE
B'ARBATEB'ARBATED, adjective [Latin barbatus, from barba. See Barb.]In botany, bearded; also gaping or ringent. Barbatus flos, a gaping or ringent flower; synonymous with the ri...
BARBE
B'ARBE. In the military art, to fire in barbe is to fire the cannon over the parapet, instead of firing through the embrasures.
BARBECUE
B'ARBECUE, noun In the West Indies, a hog roasted whole. It is, with us, used for an ox or perhaps any other animal dressed in like manner.B'ARBECUE, verb transitive To dress an...
BARBED
B'ARBED, participle passive [See Barb.]1. Furnished with armor; as barbed steeds.2. Bearded; jagged with hooks or points; as barbed arrows.3. Shaved or trimmed; having the beard...
BARBEL
B'ARBEL, noun [Latin barba.]1. A fish of the genus Cyprinus, of the order of abdominals. The mouth is toothless; the gill has three rays; the body is smooth and white. This fish...
BARBER
B'ARBER, noun One whose occupation is to shave men, or to shave and dress hair.B'ARBER, verb transitive To shave and dress hair.
BARBER-CHIRURGEON
B'ARBER-CHIRURGEON, noun One who joins the practice of surgery with that of a barber; a practice now unusual. A low practitioner of surgery.
BARBER-MONGER
B'ARBER-MONGER, noun A man who frequents the barber's shop, or prides himself in being dressed by a barber; a fop.
BARBERNESS
B'ARBERNESS, noun A female barber. [Not used.]
BARBERRY
B'ARBERRY, noun [Latin berberis.]1. A plant of the genus berberis, common in hedges; called in England, pipperidge bush. The berries are used in housewifery, and are deemed effi...
BARBET
B'ARBET, noun A name given by some French writers to a peculiar species of those worms which feed on the puceron or aphis. [See Aphis.]2. The Bucco, a genus of birds found in th...
BARD
B'ARD, noun1. A poet and a singer among the ancient Celts; one whose occupation was to compose and sing verses, in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men. The...
BARDED
B'ARDED, adjective In heraldry, a caparisoned.
BARDESANISTS
BARDES'ANISTS, noun A sect of heretics, who sprung from Bardesanes, of Edessa, in Mesopotamia, in the 2d century, who taught that the actions of men depend on fate, to which God...
BARDIC
B'ARDIC, adjective Pertaining to bards, or to their poetry.
BARDISH
B'ARDISH, adjective Pertaining to bards; written by a bard.
BARDISM
B'ARDISM, noun The science of bards; the learning and maxims of bards.
BARE
BARE, adjective [This word is from opening, separating, stripping.]1. Naked, without covering; as, the arm is bare; the trees are bare2. With the head uncovered, from respect.3....
BAREBONE
BA'REBONE, noun [See Bone.] A very lean person.
BAREBONED
BA'REBONED, adjective Lean, so that the bones appear, or rather so that the bones show their forms.
BARED
BA'RED, participle passive Made bare; made naked.
BAREFACED
BA'REFACED, participle passive [See Face.]1. With the face uncovered; not masked.2. Undisguised; unreserved; without concealment; hence shameless; impudent; audacious; as a bare...
BAREFACEDLY
BA'REFACEDLY, adverb Without disguise or reserve; openly; impudently.