English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Barque
(n.)
Same as 3d Bark, n.
Barracan
(n.)
A thick, strong stuff, somewhat like camlet; -- still
used for outer garments in the Levant.
Barrack
(n.)
A building for soldiers, especially when in garrison.
Commonly in the pl., originally meaning temporary huts, but now usually
applied to a permanent structure or set of buildings.
Barrack
(n.)
A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw,
etc.
Barrack
(v. t.)
To supply with barracks; to establish in barracks; as,
to barrack troops.
Barrack
(v. i.)
To live or lodge in barracks.
Barraclade
(n.)
A home-made woolen blanket without nap.
Barracoon
(n.)
A slave warehouse, or an inclosure where slaves are
quartered temporarily.
Barracouata
(n.)
A voracious pikelike, marine fish, of the genus
Sphyraena, sometimes used as food.
Barracouata
(n.)
A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia and New
Zealand (Thyrsites atun).
Barracuda
(n.)
Alt. of Barracouata
Barrage
(n.)
An artificial bar or obstruction placed in a river or
water course to increase the depth of water; as, the barrages of the
Nile.
Barranca
(n.)
A ravine caused by heavy rains or a watercourse.
Barras
(n.)
A resin, called also galipot.
Barrator
(v. i.)
One guilty of barratry.
Barratrous
(/)
Tainter with, or constituting, barratry.
Barratry
(n.)
A fraudulent breach of duty or willful act of known
illegality on the part of a master of a ship, in his character of
master, or of the mariners, to the injury of the owner of the ship or
cargo, and without his consent. It includes every breach of trust
committed with dishonest purpose, as by running away with the ship,
sinking or deserting her, etc., or by embezzling the cargo.
Barratry
(n.)
The practice of exciting and encouraging lawsuits and
quarrels.
Barratry
(n.)
The crime of a judge who is influenced by bribery in
pronouncing judgment.
Barred
(imp. & p. p.)
of Bar