Webster's Dictionary 1913

730

Barker (2)

Bark″er, n. One who strips trees of their bark.

731

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 gushe...

732

Barkery

Bark″er‐y (–ẽr‐y̆), n. A tanhouse.

733

Barking irons

Bark″ing i′rons (�). 1. Instruments used in taking off the bark of trees. Gardner.2. A pair of pistols.

734

Barkless

Bark″less, a. Destitute of bark.

735

Barky

Bark″y (�), a. Covered with, or containing, bark. “The barky fingers of the elm.” Shak.

736

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 b...

737

Barley-bree

Bar″ley–bree′ (–brē′), n. [Lit. barley broth. See Brew.] Liquor made from barley; strong ale. Burns.

738

Barleybrake

{ Bar″ley‐brake′Bar″ley‐break′ } (bär″ly̆‐brāk′), n. An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of barley, or other grain, in which some of the party attempt to catch o...

739

Barleycorn

Bar″ley‐corn′ (�), n. [See Corn.] 1. A grain or “corn” of barley.2. Formerly, a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch.Jo...

740

Barm

Barm (bärm), n. [OE. berme, AS. beorma; akin to Sw. bärma, G. bärme, and prob. L. fermentum. √93.] Foam rising upon beer, or other malt liquors, when fermenting, and used as lea...

741

Barm (2)

Barm, n. [OE. bearm, berm, barm, AS. bearm; akin to E. bear to support.] The lap or bosom. Chaucer.

742

Barmaid

Bar″maid′ (�), n. A girl or woman who attends the customers of a bar, as in a tavern or beershop.A bouncing barmaid.W. Irving.

743

Barmaster

Bar″mas′ter (�), n. [Berg + master: cf. G. Bergmeister.] Formerly, a local judge among miners; now, an officer of the barmote.

744

Barmcloth

Barm″cloth′ (bärm″klŏth), n. Apron. Chaucer.

745

Barmecidal

Bar″me‐ci′dal (�), a. [See Barmecide.] Unreal; illusory. “A sort of Barmecidal feast.” Hood.

746

Barmecide

Bar″me‐cide (�), n. [A prince of the Barmecide family, who, as related in the “Arabian Nights' Tales”, pretended to set before the hungry Shacabac food, on which the latter pret...

747

Barmote

Bar″mote′ (bär″mōt′), n. [Berg + mote meeting.] A court held in Derbyshire, in England, for deciding controversies between miners. Blount.

748

Barmy

Barm″y (bärm″y̆), a. Full of barm or froth; in a ferment. “Barmy beer.” Dryden.

749

Barn

Barn (bärn), n. [OE. bern, AS. berern, bern; bere barley + ern, ærn, a close place. √92. See Barley.] A covered building used chiefly for storing grain, hay, and other productio...

750

Barn (2)

Barn, v. t. To lay up in a barn. Shak.Men... often barn up the chaff, and burn up the grain.Fuller.

751

Barn (3)

Barn, n. A child. See Bairn.

752

Barnabite

Bar″na‐bite (�), n.(Eccl. Hist.) A member of a religious order, named from St. Barnabas.

753

Barnacle

Bar″na‐cle (�), n. [Prob. from E. barnacle a kind of goose, which was popularly supposed to grow from this shellfish; but perh. from LL. bernacula for pernacula, dim. of perna h...

754

Barnacle (2)

Bar″na‐cle, n. [See Bernicle.] A bernicle goose.

755

Barnacle (3)

Bar″na‐cle, n. [OE. bernak, bernacle; cf. OF. bernac, and Prov. F. (Berri) berniques, spectacles.] 1. pl.(Far.) An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining h...

756

Barnburner

Barn″burn′er (?), n. A member of the radical section of the Democratic party in New York, about the middle of the 19th century, which was hostile to extension of slavery, public...