BPage 41
- English Word Baritone Definition A word which has no accent marked on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.
- English Word Barium Definition 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.
- English Word Bark Definition To strip the bark from; to peel.
- English Word Bark Definition To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel.
- English Word Bark Definition To girdle. See Girdle, v. t., 3.
- English Word Bark Definition To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark; as, to bark the roof of a hut.
- English Word Bark Definition To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs; -- said of some animals, but especially of dogs.
- English Word Bark Definition To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
- English Word Bark Definition The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar sound made by some other animals.
- English Word Bark Definition Alt. of Barque
- English Word Bark beetle Definition 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.
- English Word Bark louse Definition An insect of the family Coccidae, which infests the bark of trees and vines.
- English Word Barkantine Definition Same as Barkentine.
- English Word Barkbound Definition Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.
- English Word Barked Definition of Bark
- English Word Barkeeper Definition One who keeps or tends a bar for the sale of liquors.
- English Word Barken Definition Made of bark.
- English Word Barkentine Definition A threemasted vessel, having the foremast square-rigged, and the others schooner-rigged. [Spelled also barquentine, barkantine, etc.] See Illust. in Append.
- English Word Barker Definition An animal that barks; hence, any one who clamors unreasonably.
- English Word Barker Definition One who stands at the doors of shops to urg/ passers by to make purchases.
- English Word Barker Definition A pistol.
- English Word Barker Definition The spotted redshank.
- English Word Barker Definition One who strips trees of their bark.
- English Word Barker's mill Definition 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.
- English Word Barkery Definition A tanhouse.
- English Word Barking Definition of Bark
- English Word Barking irons Definition Instruments used in taking off the bark of trees.
- English Word Barking irons Definition A pair of pistols.
- English Word Barkless Definition Destitute of bark.
- English Word Barky Definition Covered with, or containing, bark.