Barium (n.) 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.
Bard (n.) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
Bard (n.) Specifically, Peruvian bark.
Barked (imp. & p. p.) of Bark
Barking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bark
Bark (v. t.) To strip the bark from; to peel.
Bark (v. t.) To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel.
Bark (v. t.) To girdle. See Girdle, v. t., 3.
Bark (v. t.) To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark; as, to bark the roof of a hut.
Bark (v. i.) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs; -- said of some animals, but especially of dogs.
Bark (v. i.) To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
Bark (n.) The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar sound made by some other animals.
Bark (n.) Alt. of Barque
Barque (n.) 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.
Barque (n.) A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
Barkantine (n.) Same as Barkentine.
Bark beetle () A small beetle of many species (family Scolytidae), which in the larval state bores under or in the bark of trees, often doing great damage.
Barkbound (a.) Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.
Barkeeper (n.) One who keeps or tends a bar for the sale of liquors.
Barken (a.) Made of bark.
Barkentine (n.) A threemasted vessel, having the foremast square-rigged, and the others schooner-rigged. [Spelled also barquentine, barkantine, etc.] See Illust. in Append.
Barker (n.) An animal that barks; hence, any one who clamors unreasonably.
Barker (n.) One who stands at the doors of shops to urg/ passers by to make purchases.
Barker (n.) A pistol.
Barker (n.) The spotted redshank.
Barker (n.) One who strips trees of their bark.
Barker's mill () 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 (n.) A tanhouse.
Barking irons () Instruments used in taking off the bark of trees.
Barking irons () A pair of pistols.
Barkless (a.) Destitute of bark.
Bark louse () An insect of the family Coccidae, which infests the bark of trees and vines.
Barky (a.) Covered with, or containing, bark.
Barley (n.) 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.
Barleybrake (n.) Alt. of Barleybreak
Barleybreak (n.) An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of barley, or other grain, in which some of the party attempt to catch others who run from a goal.
Barley-bree (n.) Liquor made from barley; strong ale.
Barleycorn (n.) A grain or "corn" of barley.
Barleycorn (n.) Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch.
Barm (n.) Foam rising upon beer, or other malt liquors, when fermenting, and used as leaven in making bread and in brewing; yeast.
Barm (n.) The lap or bosom.
Barmaid (n.) A girl or woman who attends the customers of a bar, as in a tavern or beershop.
Barmaster (n.) Formerly, a local judge among miners; now, an officer of the barmote.
Barmcloth (n.) Apron.
Barmecidal (a.) Unreal; illusory.
Barmecide (n.) One who proffers some illusory advantage or benefit. Also used as an adj.: Barmecidal.
Barmote (n.) A court held in Derbyshire, in England, for deciding controversies between miners.
Balmy (a.) Full of barm or froth; in a ferment.
Barn (n.) A covered building used chiefly for storing grain, hay, and other productions of a farm. In the United States a part of the barn is often used for stables.
Barn (v. t.) To lay up in a barn.
Barn (n.) A child. [Obs.] See Bairn.
Barnabite (n.) A member of a religious order, named from St. Barnabas.
Barnacle (n.) Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber, ships, etc., esp. (a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies), and (b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and allies). See Cirripedia, and Goose barnacle.
Barnacle (n.) A bernicle goose.
Barnacle (n.) An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him.
Barnacle (sing.) Spectacles; -- so called from their resemblance to the barnacles used by farriers.
Barnyard (n.) A yard belonging to a barn.
Barocco (a.) See Baroque.
Barograph (n.) An instrument for recording automatically the variations of atmospheric pressure.
Baroko (n.) A form or mode of syllogism of which the first proposition is a universal affirmative, and the other two are particular negative.
Barology (n.) The science of weight or gravity.
Baromacrometer (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the weight and length of a newborn infant.
Barometer (n.) An instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere, and hence for judging of the probable changes of weather, or for ascertaining the height of any ascent.
Barometric (a.) Alt. of Barometrical
Barometrical (a.) Pertaining to the barometer; made or indicated by a barometer; as, barometric changes; barometrical observations.
Barometrically (adv.) By means of a barometer, or according to barometric observations.
Barometrograph (n.) A form of barometer so constructed as to inscribe of itself upon paper a record of the variations of atmospheric pressure.
Barometry (n.) The art or process of making barometrical measurements.
Barometz (n.) The woolly-skinned rhizoma or rootstock of a fern (Dicksonia barometz), which, when specially prepared and inverted, somewhat resembles a lamb; -- called also Scythian lamb.
Baron (n.) A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and Germany, a nobleman next in rank below a count; in England, a nobleman of the lowest grade in the House of Lords, being next below a viscount.
Baron (n.) A husband; as, baron and feme, husband and wife.
Baronage (n.) The whole body of barons or peers.
Baronage (n.) The dignity or rank of a baron.
Baronage (n.) The land which gives title to a baron.
Baroness (n.) A baron's wife; also, a lady who holds the baronial title in her own right; as, the Baroness Burdett-Coutts.
Baronet (n.) A dignity or degree of honor next below a baron and above a knight, having precedency of all orders of knights except those of the Garter. It is the lowest degree of honor that is hereditary. The baronets are commoners.
Baronetage (n.) State or rank of a baronet.
Baronetage (n.) The collective body of baronets.
Baronetcy (n.) The rank or patent of a baronet.
Baronial (a.) Pertaining to a baron or a barony.
Baronies (pl. ) of Barony
Barony (n.) The fee or domain of a baron; the lordship, dignity, or rank of a baron.
Barony (n.) In Ireland, a territorial division, corresponding nearly to the English hundred, and supposed to have been originally the district of a native chief. There are 252 of these baronies. In Scotland, an extensive freehold. It may be held by a commoner.
Baroque (a.) In bad taste; grotesque; odd.
Baroscope (n.) Any instrument showing the changes in the weight of the atmosphere; also, less appropriately, any instrument that indicates -or foreshadows changes of the weather, as a deep vial of liquid holding in suspension some substance which rises and falls with atmospheric changes.
Baroscopic (a.) Alt. of Baroscopical
Baroscopical (a.) Pertaining to, or determined by, the baroscope.
Barouche (n.) A four-wheeled carriage, with a falling top, a seat on the outside for the driver, and two double seats on the inside arranged so that the sitters on the front seat face those on the back seat.
Barouchet (n.) A kind of light barouche.
Barpost (n.) A post sunk in the ground to receive the bars closing a passage into a field.
Barque (n.) Same as 3d Bark, n.
Barracan (n.) A thick, strong stuff, somewhat like camlet; -- still used for outer garments in the Levant.
Barrack (n.) A building for soldiers, especially when in garrison. Commonly in the pl., originally meaning temporary huts, but now usually applied to a permanent structure or set of buildings.
Barrack (n.) A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc.
Barrack (v. t.) To supply with barracks; to establish in barracks; as, to barrack troops.
Barrack (v. i.) To live or lodge in barracks.
Barraclade (n.) A home-made woolen blanket without nap.
Barracoon (n.) A slave warehouse, or an inclosure where slaves are quartered temporarily.
Barracuda (n.) Alt. of Barracouata
Barracouata (n.) A voracious pikelike, marine fish, of the genus Sphyraena, sometimes used as food.