English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Barth
(n.)
A place of shelter for cattle.
Time of the festival of St. Bartholomew, August
24th.
Bartizan
(n.)
A small, overhanging structure for lookout or defense,
usually projecting at an angle of a building or near an entrance
gateway.
Bartlett
(n.)
A Bartlett pear, a favorite kind of pear, which
originated in England about 1770, and was called Williams' Bonchretien.
It was brought to America, and distributed by Mr. Enoch Bartlett, of
Dorchester, Massachusetts.
Barton
(n.)
The demesne lands of a manor; also, the manor itself.
Barton
(n.)
A farmyard.
Bartram
(n.)
See Bertram.
Barway
(n.)
A passage into a field or yard, closed by bars made to take
out of the posts.
Barwise
(adv.)
Horizontally.
Barwood
(n.)
A red wood of a leguminous tree (Baphia nitida), from
Angola and the Gaboon in Africa. It is used as a dyewood, and also for
ramrods, violin bows and turner's work.
Barycentric
(a.)
Of or pertaining to the center of gravity. See
Barycentric calculus, under Calculus.
Baryphony
(n.)
Difficulty of speech.
Baryta
(n.)
An oxide of barium (or barytum); a heavy earth with a
specific gravity above 4.
Barytes
(n.)
Barium sulphate, generally called heavy spar or barite.
See Barite.
Barytic
(a.)
Of or pertaining to baryta.
Baryto-calcite
(n.)
A mineral of a white or gray color, occurring
massive or crystallized. It is a compound of the carbonates of barium
and calcium.
Barytone
(a.)
Alt. of Baritone
Barytone
(n.)
Alt. of Baritone
Barytum
(n.)
The metal barium. See Barium.
Bas-relief
(n.)
Low relief; sculpture, the figures of which project
less than half of their true proportions; -- called also bassrelief and
basso-rilievo. See Alto-rilievo.