English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Bar
(n.)
A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of
a river or harbor, obstructing navigation.
Bar
(n.)
Anything which obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an
obstruction; a barrier.
Bar
(n.)
An indefinite quantity of some substance, so shaped as to be
long in proportion to its breadth and thickness; as, a bar of gold or
of lead; a bar of soap.
Bar
(n.)
A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion
to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other
purposes, but especially for a hindrance, obstruction, or fastening;
as, the bars of a fence or gate; the bar of a door.
See under Iron.
Barb
(n.)
One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively
constitute the vane. See Feather.
Barb
(v. t.)
To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or
hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
Barb
(v. t.)
To clip; to mow.
Barb
(v. t.)
To shave or dress the beard of.
Barb
(n.)
The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary
into Spain by the Moors.
Barb
(n.)
A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought
from Barbary.
Barb
(n.)
A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
Barb
(n.)
A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and
southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also improperly called
whiting.
Barb
(n.)
Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which
mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses
and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and
swollen.
Barb
(n.)
Armor for a horse. Same as 2d Bard, n., 1.
Barb
(n.)
Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of
it.
Barb
(n.)
A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.
Barb
(n.)
The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc.,
to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands
out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
Barb
(n.)
A bit for a horse.
Barbacan
(n.)
See Barbican.