English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Barnacle
(n.)
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.
Barnacle
(n.)
A bernicle goose.
Barnacle
(n.)
An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus
restraining him.
Barnacle
(sing.)
Spectacles; -- so called from their resemblance to the
barnacles used by farriers.
Barnyard
(n.)
A yard belonging to a barn.
Barocco
(a.)
See Baroque.
Barograph
(n.)
An instrument for recording automatically the variations
of atmospheric pressure.
Baroko
(n.)
A form or mode of syllogism of which the first proposition
is a universal affirmative, and the other two are particular negative.
Barology
(n.)
The science of weight or gravity.
Baromacrometer
(n.)
An instrument for ascertaining the weight and
length of a newborn infant.
Barometer
(n.)
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.
Barometric
(a.)
Alt. of Barometrical
Barometrical
(a.)
Pertaining to the barometer; made or indicated by a
barometer; as, barometric changes; barometrical observations.
Barometrically
(adv.)
By means of a barometer, or according to
barometric observations.
Barometrograph
(n.)
A form of barometer so constructed as to inscribe
of itself upon paper a record of the variations of atmospheric
pressure.
Barometry
(n.)
The art or process of making barometrical measurements.
Barometz
(n.)
The woolly-skinned rhizoma or rootstock of a fern
(Dicksonia barometz), which, when specially prepared and inverted,
somewhat resembles a lamb; -- called also Scythian lamb.
Baron
(n.)
A husband; as, baron and feme, husband and wife.
Baron
(n.)
A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of
a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France
and Germany, a nobleman next in rank below a count; in England, a
nobleman of the lowest grade in the House of Lords, being next below a
viscount.
Baronage
(n.)
The whole body of barons or peers.