English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Barbermonger
(n.)
A fop.
Barberry
(n.)
A shrub of the genus Berberis, common along roadsides and
in neglected fields. B. vulgaris is the species best known; its oblong
red berries are made into a preserve or sauce, and have been deemed
efficacious in fluxes and fevers. The bark dyes a fine yellow, esp. the
bark of the root.
Barbet
(n.)
A variety of small dog, having long curly hair.
Barbet
(n.)
A bird of the family Bucconidae, allied to the Cuckoos,
having a large, conical beak swollen at the base, and bearded with five
bunches of stiff bristles; the puff bird. It inhabits tropical America
and Africa.
Barbet
(n.)
A larva that feeds on aphides.
Barbette
(n.)
A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on
which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.
Barbican
(n.)
Alt. of Barbacan
Barbicanage
(n.)
Alt. of Barbacanage
Barbicel
(n.)
One of the small hooklike processes on the barbules of
feathers.
Barbiers
(n.)
A variety of paralysis, peculiar to India and the Malabar
coast; -- considered by many to be the same as beriberi in chronic
form.
Barbigerous
(a.)
Having a beard; bearded; hairy.
Barbing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Barb
Barbiton
(n.)
An ancient Greek instrument resembling a lyre.
A white, crystalline substance, CH2(CO.NH)2.CO,
derived from alloxantin, also from malonic acid and urea, and regarded
as a substituted urea.
Barble
(n.)
See Barbel.
Barbotine
(n.)
A paste of clay used in decorating coarse pottery in
relief.
Barbre
(a.)
Barbarian.
Barbule
(n.)
One of the processes along the edges of the barbs of a
feather, by which adjacent barbs interlock. See Feather.
Barbule
(n.)
A very minute barb or beard.
Barcarolle
(n.)
A popular song or melody sung by Venetian gondoliers.