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A fop.
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.
A variety of small dog, having long curly hair.
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.
A larva that feeds on aphides.
A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.
Alt. of Barbacan
Alt. of Barbacanage
One of the small hooklike processes on the barbules of feathers.
A variety of paralysis, peculiar to India and the Malabar coast; -- considered by many to be the same as beriberi in chronic form.
Having a beard; bearded; hairy.
of Barb
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.
See Barbel.
A paste of clay used in decorating coarse pottery in relief.
Barbarian.
One of the processes along the edges of the barbs of a feather, by which adjacent barbs interlock. See Feather.
A very minute barb or beard.
A popular song or melody sung by Venetian gondoliers.