Webster's Dictionary 1828

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BARRING

B'ARRING, participle present tense Making fast with a bar; obstructing; excluding; preventing; prohibiting; crossing with stripes.45

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BARRISTER

BAR'RISTER, noun [from bar.] A counselor, learned in the laws, qualified and admitted to please at the bar, and to take upon him the defense of clients; answering to the advocat...

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BARROW

BAR'ROW, noun1. A light small carriage. A hand-barrow is a frame covered in the middle with boards, and borne by and between two men.A wheel-barrow, is a frame with a box, suppo...

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BARSE

B'ARSE, noun An English name for the common perch.

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BARSHOT

B'ARSHOT, noun [See Bar and Shoot.] Double headed shot, consisting of a bar, with a half ball or round head at each end; used for destroying the masts and rigging in naval combat.

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BARTER

B'ARTER, verb intransitive [Latin vario, vertol Class Br.] To traffick or trade, by exchanging one commodity for another, in distinction from a sale and purchase, in which money...

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BARTERED

B'ARTERED, pp. Given in exchange.

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BARTERER

B'ARTERER, noun One who trafficks by exchange of commodities.

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BARTERING

B'ARTERING, participle present tense Trafficking or trading by an exchange of commodities.

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BARTERY

B'ARTERY, noun Exchange of commodities in trade. [Not used.]

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BARTON

B'ARTON, noun The demain lands of a manor; the manor itself; and sometimes the out-houses.

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BARTRAM

B'ARTRAM, noun [Latin pyrethrum.] A plant; pellitory.

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BARYSTRONTIANITE

BARYSTRON'TIANITE, noun [Gr.heavy and strontian.] A mineral, called also stromnite, from Stromness, in Orkney. It has been found in masses of a grayish white color internally, b...

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BARYTA

BARY'TABAR'YTE, noun [Gr.heavy; weight.] Ponderous earth; so called from its great weight, it being the heaviest of the earths. Spec.grav. about 4. Recent discoveries have shown...

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BARYTE

BAR'YTE, n. [Gr.heavy; weight.] Ponderous earth; so called from its great weight, it being the heaviest of the earths. Spec.grav. about 4. Recent discoveries have shown that bar...

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BARYTIC

BARY'TIC, adjective Pertaining to baryte; formed of baryte, or containing it.

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BARYTO-CALCITE

BARYTO-CAL'CITE, noun [baryte and calx. See Calx.]A mixture of carbonate of lime with sulphate of baryte, of a dark or light gray color, of various forms.

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BARYTONE

BARY'TONE, adjective [Gr. heavy, and tone.] Pertaining to or noting a grave deep sound, or male voice.BAR'YTONE, noun In music, a male voice, the compass of which partakes of th...

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BASAL

BA'SAL, adjective Pertaining to the base; constituting the base.

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BASALT

BASALT', noun bazalt'. [Pliny informs us that the Egyptians found in Ethiopia, a species of marble, called basaltes, of an iron color and hardness, whence it received its name. ...

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BASALTIC

BASALT'IC, adjective Pertaining to basalt; formed of or containing basalt.

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BASALTIFORM

BASALT'IFORM, adjective In the form of basalt; columnar.

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BASALTINE

BASALT'INE, noun Basaltic Hornblend; a variety of common hornblend, so called from its being often found in Basalt. It is also found in lavas and volcanic scoriae. It is general...

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BASANITE

BAS'ANITE, noun [Gr. the trier. Plin.Lib.36. Ca.22. See Basalt.]Lydian stone, or black jasper; a variety of siliceous or flinty slate. Its color is a grayish or bluish black, in...

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BASE

BASE, adjective1. Low in place. obsolete2. Mean; vile; worthless; that is, low in value or estimation; used of things.3. Of low station; of mean account; without rank, dignity o...

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BASE-BORN

BA'SE-BORN, adjective [base and born.] Born out of wedlock.2. Born of low parentage.3. Vile; mean.

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BASE-COURT

BA'SE-COURT, noun [See Court.]The back yard, opposed to the chief court in front of a house; the farm yard.