n. [ L. ab + E. articulation : cf. F. abarticulation. See Article. ] (Anat.) Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis. Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. [ Ar. al-debarān, fr. dabar to follow; so called because this star follows upon the Pleiades. ] (Astron.) A red star of the first magnitude, situated in the eye of Taurus; the Bull's Eye. It is the bright star in the group called the Hyades. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now when Aldebaran was mounted high
Above the shiny Cassiopeia's chair. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n., or }. [ Hind. ambārā, ambārī. ] A valuable East Indian fiber plant (Hibiscus cannabinus), or its fiber, which is used throughout India for making ropes, cordage, and a coarse canvas and sackcloth; -- called also brown Indian hemp. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

[ From Angostura, in Venezuela. ] A bitter aromatic bark, obtained from a South American tree of the rue family (Galipea cusparia, or Galipea officinalis). It is used used as a tonic, in medicines, liqueurs and bitters. U. S. Disp. [ 1913 Webster WordNet 1.5 ]

See Angostura bark. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the antiparticle of a baryon; a hadron with a baryon number of -1. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. barre, F. barre, fr. LL. barra, W. bar the branch of a tree, bar, baren branch, Gael. & Ir. barra bar. √91. ] 1. A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especially for a hindrance, obstruction, or fastening; as, the bars of a fence or gate; the bar of a door. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou shalt make bars of shittim wood. Ex. xxvi. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An indefinite quantity of some substance, so shaped as to be long in proportion to its breadth and thickness; as, a bar of gold or of lead; a bar of soap. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Anything which obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier. [ 1913 Webster ]

Must I new bars to my own joy create? Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Any railing that divides a room, or office, or hall of assembly, in order to reserve a space for those having special privileges; as, the bar of the House of Commons. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Law) (a) The railing that incloses the place which counsel occupy in courts of justice. Hence, the phrase at the bar of the court signifies in open court. (b) The place in court where prisoners are stationed for arraignment, trial, or sentence. (c) The whole body of lawyers licensed in a court or district; the legal profession. (d) A special plea constituting a sufficient answer to plaintiff's action. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Any tribunal; as, the bar of public opinion; the bar of God. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. A barrier or counter, over which liquors and food are passed to customers; hence, the portion of the room behind the counter where liquors for sale are kept. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. (Her.) An ordinary, like a fess but narrower, occupying only one fifth part of the field. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a bar of color. [ 1913 Webster ]

11. (Mus.) A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A double bar marks the end of a strain or main division of a movement, or of a whole piece of music; in psalmody, it marks the end of a line of poetry. The term bar is very often loosely used for measure, i.e., for such length of music, or of silence, as is included between one bar and the next; as, a passage of eight bars; two bars' rest. [ 1913 Webster ]

12. (Far.) pl. (a) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed. (b) The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the center of the sole. [ 1913 Webster ]

13. (Mining) (a) A drilling or tamping rod. (b) A vein or dike crossing a lode. [ 1913 Webster ]

14. (Arch.) (a) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town. (b) A slender strip of wood which divides and supports the glass of a window; a sash bar. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bar shoe (Far.), a kind of horseshoe having a bar across the usual opening at the heel, to protect a tender frog from injury. --
Bar shot, a double headed shot, consisting of a bar, with a ball or half ball at each end; -- formerly used for destroying the masts or rigging in naval combat. --
Bar sinister (Her.), a term popularly but erroneously used for baton, a mark of illegitimacy. See Baton. --
Bar tracery (Arch.), ornamental stonework resembling bars of iron twisted into the forms required. --
Blank bar (Law). See Blank. --
Case at bar (Law), a case presently before the court; a case under argument. --
In bar of, as a sufficient reason against; to prevent. --
Matter in bar, or
Defence in bar, any matter which is a final defense in an action. --
Plea in bar, a plea which goes to bar or defeat the plaintiff's action absolutely and entirely. --
Trial at bar (Eng. Law), a trial before all the judges of one the superior courts of Westminster, or before a quorum representing the full court. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Barred (bärd); p. pr. & vb. n. Barring. ] [ F. barrer. See Bar, n. ] 1. To fasten with a bar; as, to bar a door or gate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To restrict or confine, as if by a bar; to hinder; to obstruct; to prevent; to prohibit; as, to bar the entrance of evil; distance bars our intercourse; the statute bars my right; the right is barred by time; a release bars the plaintiff's recovery; -- sometimes with up. [ 1913 Webster ]

He barely looked the idea in the face, and hastened to bar it in its dungeon. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To except; to exclude by exception. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nay, but I bar to-night: you shall not gauge me
By what we do to-night. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To cross with one or more stripes or lines. [ 1913 Webster ]

For the sake of distinguishing the feet more clearly, I have barred them singly. Burney. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An international, interdenominational organization of Bible classes of young men; -- so named in allusion to the Hebrew word Berachah (Meaning blessing) occurring in 2 Chron. xx. 26 and 1 Chron. xii. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; weight. ] (Physics) The pressure of one dyne per square centimeter; -- used as a unit of pressure. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Med.) the inability to estimate the weight of an object. [ PJC ]

n. The terrestrial Siberian squirrel (Eutamius sibiricus).
Syn. -- baronduki, barunduki, burunduki, Eutamius asiaticus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A soft fabric with a kind of basket weave and a diapered pattern. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. barbe, fr. Barbarie. ] 1. The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Corrupted fr. bard. ] Armor for a horse. Same as 2d Bard, n., 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. barbe, fr. L. barba beard. See Beard, n. ] 1. Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it. [ 1913 Webster ]

The barbel, so called by reason of his barbs, or wattles in his mouth. Walton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen. [ Written also barbel and barble. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else. “Having two barbs or points.” Ascham. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A bit for a horse. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Zool.) One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane. See Feather. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Zool.) A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also improperly called whiting. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Bot.) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Barbed p. pr. & vb. n. Barbing. ] 1. To shave or dress the beard of. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To clip; to mow. [ Obs. ] Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

But rattling storm of arrows barbed with fire. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Barbican. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OE. barbican, barbecan, F. barbacane, LL. barbacana, barbicana, of uncertain origin: cf. Ar. barbakh aqueduct, sewer. F. barbacane also means, an opening to let out water, loophole. ] 1. (Fort.) A tower or advanced work defending the entrance to a castle or city, as at a gate or bridge. It was often large and strong, having a ditch and drawbridge of its own. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An opening in the wall of a fortress, through which missiles were discharged upon an enemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Barbicanage. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ LL. barbicanagium. See Barbican. ] Money paid for the support of a barbican. [ Obs. ] Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Barbados. -- n. A native of Barbados. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or } n. A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Barbados cherry (Bot.), a genus of trees of the West Indies (Malpighia) with an agreeably acid fruit resembling a cherry. --
Barbados leg (Med.), a species of elephantiasis incident to hot climates. --
Barbados nuts, the seeds of the Jatropha curcas, a plant growing in South America and elsewhere. The seeds and their acrid oil are used in medicine as a purgative. See Physic nut. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Coined by logicians. ] (Logic) The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent the various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose three propositions are universal affirmatives. Whately. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions: winter cress.
Syn. -- genus Barbarea.. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Barbaric in form or style; as, barbaresque architecture. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Barbarous. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A foreigner. [ Historical ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me. 1 Cor. xiv. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A man in a rude, savage, or uncivilized state. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A person destitute of culture. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or humanity. “Thou fell barbarian.” Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, or pertaining to, or resembling, barbarians; rude; uncivilized; barbarous; as, barbarian governments or nations. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. barbaricus foreign, barbaric, Gr. barbariko`s. ] 1. Of, or from, barbarian nations; foreign; -- often with reference to barbarous nations of east. “Barbaric pearl and gold.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to, or resembling, an uncivilized person or people; barbarous; barbarian; destitute of refinement. “Wild, barbaric music.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the act or process of barbarizing; an act that makes people primitive and uncivilized.
Syn. -- barbarization. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

same as barbarize. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. barbarismus, Gr. barbarismo`s; cf. F. barbarisme. ] 1. An uncivilized state or condition; rudeness of manners; ignorance of arts, learning, and literature; barbarousness. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A barbarous, cruel, or brutal action; an outrage. [ 1913 Webster ]

A heinous barbarism . . . against the honor of marriage. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An offense against purity of style or language; any form of speech contrary to the pure idioms of a particular language. See Solecism. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Greeks were the first that branded a foreign term in any of their writers with the odious name of barbarism. G. Campbell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Barbarities [ From Barbarous. ] 1. The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Treating Christians with a barbarity which would have shocked the very Moslem. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A barbarous or cruel act. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Barbarism; impurity of speech. [ Obs. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the act or process of barbarizing; an act that makes people primitive and uncivilized.
Syn. -- barbarisation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Barbarized p. pr. & vb. n. Barbarizing ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To become barbarous. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Roman empire was barbarizing rapidly from the time of Trajan. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To adopt a foreign or barbarous mode of speech. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ill habit . . . of wretched barbarizing against the Latin and Greek idiom, with their untutored Anglicisms. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. F. barbariser, LL. barbarizare. ] To make barbarous. [ 1913 Webster ]

The hideous changes which have barbarized France. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. barbarus, Gr. ba`rbaros, strange, foreign; later, slavish, rude, ignorant; akin to L. balbus stammering, Skr. barbara stammering, outlandish. Cf. Brave, a. ] 1. Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Foreign; adapted to a barbaric taste. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Barbarous gold. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Cruel; ferocious; inhuman; merciless. [ 1913 Webster ]

By their barbarous usage he died within a few days, to the grief of all that knew him. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Contrary to the pure idioms of a language. [ 1913 Webster ]

A barbarous expression G. Campbell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Uncivilized; unlettered; uncultivated; untutored; ignorant; merciless; brutal. See Ferocious. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a barbarous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being barbarous; barbarity; barbarism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Fr. Ar. Barbar the people of Barbary. ] The countries on the north coast of Africa from Egypt to the Atlantic. Hence: A Barbary horse; a barb. [ Obs. ] Also, a kind of pigeon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Barbary ape (Zool.), an ape (Macacus innuus) of north Africa and Gibraltar Rock, being the only monkey inhabiting Europe. It is very commonly trained by showmen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a West Indian shrub or small tree (Jacquinia keyensis) having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood.
Syn. -- joewood. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. barbastelle. ] (Zool.) A European bat (Barbastellus communis), with hairy lips. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. barbatus, fr. barba beard. See Barb beard. ] (Bot.) Bearded; beset with long and weak hairs. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having barbed points. [ 1913 Webster ]

A dart uncommonly barbated. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ In the language of the (Arawak or Taino) Indians of Guiana, barbacoa a frame on which all kinds of flesh and fish are roasted or smoke-dried. ] 1. a framework of metal or brick, usually with a grill on top, in which a fire is lighted and on which food is cooked, usually outdoors; -- also called a barbecue grill. [ PJC ]

2. A social entertainment, where people assemble, usually in the open air, at which a meal is prepared on a barbecue grill. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

3. A floor, on which coffee beans are sun-dried. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Barbecued p. pr. & vb. n. Barbecuing. ] 1. To dry or cure by exposure on a frame or gridiron. [ 1913 Webster ]

They use little or no salt, but barbecue their game and fish in the smoke. Stedman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To roast or broil whole, as an ox or hog. [ 1913 Webster ]

Send me, gods, a whole hog barbecued. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Cooked on a barbecue.
Syn. -- grilled. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Roasting a large piece of meat on a grill or a revolving spit out of doors over an open fire. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ See 4th Barb. ] Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See Barded (which is the proper form.) Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed wire. [ 1913 Webster ]

Barbed wire, a wire, or a strand of twisted wires, armed with barbs or sharp points. It is used for fences. [ 1913 Webster ]