BPage 56
- English Word Barbiton Definition An ancient Greek instrument resembling a lyre.
- English Word Barbituric acid Definition A white, crystalline substance, CH2(CO.NH)2.CO, derived from alloxantin, also from malonic acid and urea, and regarded as a substituted urea.
- English Word Barble Definition See Barbel.
- English Word Barbotine Definition A paste of clay used in decorating coarse pottery in relief.
- English Word Barbre Definition Barbarian.
- English Word Barbule Definition A very minute barb or beard.
- English Word Barbule Definition One of the processes along the edges of the barbs of a feather, by which adjacent barbs interlock. See Feather.
- English Word Barcarolle Definition A popular song or melody sung by Venetian gondoliers.
- English Word Barcarolle Definition A piece of music composed in imitation of such a song.
- English Word Barcon Definition A vessel for freight; -- used in Mediterranean.
- English Word Bard Definition A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.
- English Word Bard Definition Hence: A poet; as, the bard of Avon.
- English Word Bard Definition Alt. of Barde
- English Word Bard Definition To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.
- English Word Bard Definition The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
- English Word Bard Definition Specifically, Peruvian bark.
- English Word Barde Definition A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the pl.]
- English Word Barde Definition Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.
- English Word Barde Definition A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.
- English Word Barded Definition Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse.