BPage 42
- English Word Barley Definition 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.
- English Word Barley-bree Definition Liquor made from barley; strong ale.
- English Word Barleybrake Definition Alt. of Barleybreak
- English Word Barleybreak Definition 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.
- English Word Barleycorn Definition A grain or "corn" of barley.
- English Word Barleycorn Definition Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch.
- English Word Barm Definition Foam rising upon beer, or other malt liquors, when fermenting, and used as leaven in making bread and in brewing; yeast.
- English Word Barm Definition The lap or bosom.
- English Word Barmaid Definition A girl or woman who attends the customers of a bar, as in a tavern or beershop.
- English Word Barmaster Definition Formerly, a local judge among miners; now, an officer of the barmote.
- English Word Barmcloth Definition Apron.
- English Word Barmecidal Definition Unreal; illusory.
- English Word Barmecide Definition One who proffers some illusory advantage or benefit. Also used as an adj.: Barmecidal.
- English Word Barmote Definition A court held in Derbyshire, in England, for deciding controversies between miners.
- English Word Barn Definition 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.
- English Word Barn Definition To lay up in a barn.
- English Word Barn Definition A child. [Obs.] See Bairn.
- English Word Barnabite Definition A member of a religious order, named from St. Barnabas.
- English Word Barnacle Definition 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.
- English Word Barnacle Definition A bernicle goose.
- English Word Barnacle Definition An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him.
- English Word Barnacle Definition Spectacles; -- so called from their resemblance to the barnacles used by farriers.
- English Word Barnyard Definition A yard belonging to a barn.
- English Word Barocco Definition See Baroque.
- English Word Barograph Definition An instrument for recording automatically the variations of atmospheric pressure.
- English Word Baroko Definition A form or mode of syllogism of which the first proposition is a universal affirmative, and the other two are particular negative.
- English Word Barology Definition The science of weight or gravity.
- English Word Baromacrometer Definition An instrument for ascertaining the weight and length of a newborn infant.
- English Word Barometer Definition 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.
- English Word Barometric Definition Alt. of Barometrical