Webster's Dictionary 1828

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BARK-GALLED

B'ARK-GALLED, adjective Having the bark galled, as with thorns. This defect is cured by binding on clay.

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BARKED

B'ARKED, participle passive Stripped of the bark; peeled; also covered with bark.

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BARKER

B'ARKER, noun One who barks, or clamors unreasonably; one who strips trees of their bark.

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BARKING

B'ARKING, participle present tense Stripping off bark; making the noise of dogs; clamoring; covering with bark.

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BARKY

B'ARKY, adjective Consisting of bark; containing bark.

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BARLEY

B'ARLEY, noun [Latin far; Heb. bar, corn.] A species of valuable grain, used especially for making malt, from which are distilled liquors of extensive use, as beer, ale and port...

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BARLEY-BRAKE

B'ARLEY-BRAKE, noun A rural play; a trial of swiftness.

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BARLEY-BROTH

B'ARLEY-BROTH, noun A low word for strong beer.

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BARLEY-CORN

B'ARLEY-CORN, noun [See Corn.] A grain of barley;; the third part of an inch in length; hence originated our measure of length.40

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BARLEY-MOW

B'ARLEY-MOW, noun A mow of barley, or the place where barley is deposited.

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BARLEY-SUGAR

B'ARLEY-SUGAR, noun Sugar boiled till it is brittle, formerly with a decoction of barley.

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BARLEY-WATER

B'ARLEY-WATER, noun A decoction of barley, which is reputed soft and lubricating, and much used in medicine.French barley and pearl barley are used for making decoctions. These ...

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BARM

B'ARM, noun [L, fermentum, from ferveo; or beer-rahm, beer cream.]Yeast; the scum rising upon beer, or other malt liquors, when fermenting, and used as leaven in bread to make i...

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BARMY

B'ARMY, adjective Containing barm, or yeast.B'ARN, noun A covered building for securing grain, hay, flax, and other productions of the earth. In the northern states of America, ...

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BARN

BARN, noun [Eng.born.] A child. [Little used in English.]

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BARNACLE

B'ARNACLE, noun [Latin perna, a shell-fish.]1. A shell which is often found on the bottoms of ships, rocks and timber, below the surface of the sea.2. A species of goose, found ...

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BAROLITE

BAR'OLITE, noun [Gr.weight, and a stone.] Carbonate of baryte. Its color is usually a light yellowish gray; sometimes whitish, or with a tinge of green. It is strongly transluce...

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BAROM

BAROM, 'ETER, noun [Gr.weight, and measure.]

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BAROMETRICAL

BAROMET'RICAL, adjective Pertaining or relating to the barometer; made by a barometer; as barometrical experiments.

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BAROMETRICALLY

BAROMET'RICALLY, adverb By means of a barometer.

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BARON

BAR'ON, noun [Latin vir, is doubtless the Shemitic, a man, so named from strength.]1. In Great Britain, a title or degree of nobility; a lord; a peer; one who holds the rank of ...

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BARONAGE

BAR'ONAGE, noun The whole body of barons or peers.2. The dignity of a baron.3. The land which gives title to a baron.

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BARONESS

BAR'ONESS, noun A baron's wife or lady.

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BARONET

BAR'ONET, noun A dignity or degree of honor, next below a baron, and above a knight;; having precedency of all knights except those of the garter, and being the only knighthood ...

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BARONIAL

BARO'NIAL, a Pertaining to a baron.

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BARONY

BAR'ONY, noun The lordship, honor, or fee of a baron, whether spiritual or temporal. This lordship is held in chief of the king, and gives title to the possessor, or baron.

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BAROSCOPE

BAR'OSCOPE, noun [Gr.weight, and to view.] An instrument to show the weight of the atmosphere; superseded by the Barometer.