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bar bit
n 1: a bit for horses that is a solid bar of metal

English Dictionary: barbed	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Barbadian adj of or relating to or characteristic of Barbados or its inhabitants; "a Barbadian vacation" n a native or inhabitant of Barbados
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Barbados n a parliamentary democracy on the island of Barbados; former British colony; a popular resort area easternmost of the West Indies about 300 miles to the north of Venezuela
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barbados cherry n tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries Synonym(s): barbados cherry, acerola, Surinam cherry, West Indian cherry, Malpighia glabra acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C Synonym(s): acerola, barbados cherry, surinam cherry, West Indian cherry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Barbados dollar n the basic unit of money in Barbados
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Barbados gooseberry n West Indian woody climber with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits Synonym(s): Barbados gooseberry, Barbados- gooseberry vine, Pereskia aculeata small yellow to orange fruit of the Barbados gooseberry cactus used in desserts and preserves and jellies Synonym(s): Barbados gooseberry, blade apple
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Barbados maidenhair n named for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered Synonym(s): Farley maidenhair, Farley maidenhair fern, Barbados maidenhair, glory fern, Adiantum tenerum farleyense
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Barbados pride n East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental Synonym(s): coralwood, coral- wood, red sandalwood, Barbados pride, peacock flower fence, Adenanthera pavonina
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Barbados-gooseberry vine n West Indian woody climber with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits Synonym(s): Barbados gooseberry, Barbados- gooseberry vine, Pereskia aculeata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barbate adj having hair on the cheeks and chin [syn: bearded, barbate, bewhiskered, whiskered, whiskery]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barbed adj capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire" Synonym(s): barbed, biting, nipping, pungent, mordacious having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers" Synonym(s): barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barbed wire n strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage Synonym(s): barbed wire, barbwire
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barbet n small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barbette n (formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barbette carriage n a gun carriage elevated so that the gun can be fired over the parapet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barbital n a barbiturate used as a hypnotic [syn: barbital, veronal, barbitone, diethylbarbituric acid, diethylmalonylurea]
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barbitone n a barbiturate used as a hypnotic [syn: barbital, veronal, barbitone, diethylbarbituric acid, diethylmalonylurea]
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barbiturate n organic compound having powerful soporific effect; overdose can be fatal
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barbituric acid n a white crystalline acid derived from pyrimidine; used in preparing barbiturate drugs Synonym(s): barbituric acid, malonylurea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Barbuda n an island in Antigua and Barbuda
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bareboat n a vessel (such as a yacht) that can be chartered without a captain or crew or provisions
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bareboating n boating by chartering a bareboat and providing your own crew and provisions; "we saved money by bareboating"
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barefoot adv without shoes on; "he chased her barefoot across the meadow" Synonym(s): barefooted, barefoot adj without shoes; "the barefoot boy"; "shoeless Joe Jackson" Synonym(s): barefoot, barefooted, shoeless
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barefooted adv without shoes on; "he chased her barefoot across the meadow" Synonym(s): barefooted, barefoot adj without shoes; "the barefoot boy"; "shoeless Joe Jackson" Synonym(s): barefoot, barefooted, shoeless
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beer bottle n a bottle that holds beer
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bereaved adj sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope" Synonym(s): bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning(a), sorrowing(a) n a person who has suffered the death of someone they loved; "the bereaved do not always need to be taken care of" Synonym(s): bereaved, bereaved person
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bereaved person n a person who has suffered the death of someone they loved; "the bereaved do not always need to be taken care of" Synonym(s): bereaved, bereaved person
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bereft adj unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love [syn: bereft, lovelorn, unbeloved] sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope" Synonym(s): bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning(a), sorrowing(a)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bore bit n a drill for penetrating rock [syn: bore bit, borer, rock drill, stone drill]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
borrow pit n a pit created to provide earth that can be used as fill at another site
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bravado n a swaggering show of courage Synonym(s): bravado, bluster
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brave out v face and withstand with courage; "She braved the elements" Synonym(s): weather, endure, brave, brave out
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brevet n a document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily (but without higher pay) v promote somebody by brevet, in the military
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brevity n the use of brief expressions the attribute of being brief or fleeting Synonym(s): brevity, briefness, transience
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Brobdingnag n a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where everything was enormous
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Brobdingnagian adj huge; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Brobdingnag unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; "huge government spending"; "huge country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space"; "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge Synonym(s): huge, immense, vast, Brobdingnagian
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brow ptosis n sagging eyebrows
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browbeat v be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young" Synonym(s): strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate Synonym(s): browbeat, bully, swagger
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Bryophyta n a division of nonflowering plants characterized by rhizoids rather than true roots and having little or no organized vascular tissue and showing alternation of generations between gamete-bearing forms and spore-bearing forms; comprises true mosses (Bryopsida) and liverworts (Hepaticopsida) and hornworts (Anthoceropsida) Synonym(s): Bryophyta, division Bryophyta
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bryophyte n any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta [syn: bryophyte, nonvascular plant]
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bryophytic adj relating to plants of the division Bryophyta
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burbot n elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth Synonym(s): burbot, eelpout, ling, cusk, Lota lota
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Bureau of Diplomatic Security n the bureau in the State Department that is responsible for the security of diplomats and embassies overseas Synonym(s): Bureau of Diplomatic Security, DS
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Bureau of the Census n the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States Synonym(s): Bureau of the Census, Census Bureau
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barbadian \Barba"dian\, a. Of or pertaining to Barbados. -- n. A native of Barbados.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barbados \Barba"dos\ [or] Barbadoes \Barba"does\, n. A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc. {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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cherry \Cher"ry\, n. [OE. chery, for cherys, fr. F. cerise (cf. AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L. cerasus Cherry tree, Gr. [?], perh. fr. [?] horn, from the hardness of the wood.] 1. (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus {Prunus} (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone; (a) The common garden cherry ({Prunus Cerasus}), of which several hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke (corrupted from M[82]doc in France). (b) The wild cherry; as, {Prunus serotina} (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; {P. Virginiana} (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; {P. avium} and {P. Padus}, European trees (bird cherry). 2. The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors. 3. The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc. 4. A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry. {Barbadoes cherry}. See under {Barbadoes}. {Cherry bird} (Zo[94]l.), an American bird; the cedar bird; -- so called from its fondness for cherries. {Cherry bounce}, cherry brandy and sugar. {Cherry brandy}, brandy in which cherries have been steeped. {Cherry laurel} (Bot.), an evergreen shrub ({Prunus Lauro-cerasus}) common in shrubberies, the poisonous leaves of which have a flavor like that of bitter almonds. {Cherry pepper} (Bot.), a species of {Capsicum} ({C. cerasiforme}), with small, scarlet, intensely piquant cherry-shaped fruit. {Cherry pit}. (a) A child's play, in which cherries are thrown into a hole. --Shak. (b) A cherry stone. {Cherry rum}, rum in which cherries have been steeped. {Cherry sucker} (Zo[94]l.), the European spotted flycatcher ({Musicapa grisola}); -- called also {cherry chopper} {cherry snipe}. {Cherry tree}, a tree that bears cherries. {Ground cherry}, {Winter cherry}, See {Alkekengi}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gooseberry \Goose"ber*ry\, n.; pl. {Gooseberries}, [Corrupted for groseberry or groiseberry, fr. OF. groisele, F. groseille, -- of German origin; cf. G. krausbeere, kr[84]uselbeere (fr. kraus crisp), D. kruisbes, kruisbezie (as if crossberry, fr. kruis cross; for kroesbes, kroesbezie, fr. kroes crisp), Sw. krusb[84]r (fr. krus, krusing, crisp). The first part of the word is perh. akin to E. curl. Cf. {Grossular}, a.] 1. (Bot.) Any thorny shrub of the genus {Ribes}; also, the edible berries of such shrub. There are several species, of which {Ribes Grossularia} is the one commonly cultivated. 2. A silly person; a goose cap. --Goldsmith. {Barbadoes gooseberry}, a climbing prickly shrub ({Pereskia aculeata}) of the West Indies, which bears edible berries resembling gooseberries. {Coromandel gooseberry}. See {Carambola}. {Gooseberry fool}. See lst {Fool}. {Gooseberry worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a small moth ({Dakruma convolutella}). It destroys the gooseberry by eating the interior.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barbados \Barba"dos\ [or] Barbadoes \Barba"does\, n. A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc. {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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barbados \Barba"dos\ [or] Barbadoes \Barba"does\, n. A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc. {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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barbados \Barba"dos\ [or] Barbadoes \Barba"does\, n. A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc. {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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barbados \Barba"dos\ [or] Barbadoes \Barba"does\, n. A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc. {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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barbate \Bar"bate\, a. [L. barbatus, fr. barba beard. See {Barb} beard.] (Bot.) Bearded; beset with long and weak hairs.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barbated \Bar"bated\, a. Having barbed* points. A dart uncommonly barbated. --T. Warton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barb \Barb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Barbed} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Barbing}.] 1. To shave or dress the beard of. [Obs.] 2. To clip; to mow. [Obs.] --Marston. 3. To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc. But rattling storm of arrows barbed with fire. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barbed \Barbed\, a. [See 4th {Bare}.] Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See {Barded} ( which is the proper form.) --Sir W. Raleigh.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barbed \Barbed\, a. Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed wire. {Barbed wire}, a wire, or a strand of twisted wires, armed with barbs or sharp points. It is used for fences.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barbed \Barbed\, a. Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed wire. {Barbed wire}, a wire, or a strand of twisted wires, armed with barbs or sharp points. It is used for fences.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barbet \Bar"bet\, n. [F. barbet, fr. barbe beard, long hair of certain animals. See {Barb} beard.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A variety of small dog, having long curly hair. (b) A bird of the family {Bucconid[91]}, 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. (c) A larva that feeds on aphides.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barbette \Bar*bette"\, n. [F. Cf. {Barbet}.] (Fort.) A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet. {En barbette}, {In barbette}, said of guns when they are elevated so as to fire over the top of a parapet, and not through embrasures. {Barbette gun}, or {Barbette battery}, a single gun, or a number of guns, mounted in barbette, or partially protected by a parapet or turret. {Barbette carriage}, a gun carriage which elevates guns sufficiently to be in barbette. [See Illust. of {Casemate}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barbette \Bar*bette"\, n. [F. Cf. {Barbet}.] (Fort.) A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet. {En barbette}, {In barbette}, said of guns when they are elevated so as to fire over the top of a parapet, and not through embrasures. {Barbette gun}, or {Barbette battery}, a single gun, or a number of guns, mounted in barbette, or partially protected by a parapet or turret. {Barbette carriage}, a gun carriage which elevates guns sufficiently to be in barbette. [See Illust. of {Casemate}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Battery \Bat"ter*y\, n.; pl. {Batteries}. [F. batterie, fr. battre. See {Batter}, v. t.] 1. The act of battering or beating. 2. (Law) The unlawful beating of another. It includes every willful, angry and violent, or negligent touching of another's person or clothes, or anything attached to his person or held by him. 3. (Mil.) (a) Any place where cannon or mortars are mounted, for attack or defense. (b) Two or more pieces of artillery in the field. (c) A company or division of artillery, including the gunners, guns, horses, and all equipments. In the United States, a battery of flying artillery consists usually of six guns. {Barbette battery}. See {Barbette}. {Battery d'enfilade}, or {Enfilading battery}, one that sweeps the whole length of a line of troops or part of a work. {Battery en [82]charpe}, one that plays obliquely. {Battery gun}, a gun capable of firing a number, of shots simultaneously or successively without stopping to load. {Battery wagon}, a wagon employed to transport the tools and materials for repair of the carriages, etc., of the battery. {In battery}, projecting, as a gun, into an embrasure or over a parapet in readiness for firing. {Masked battery}, a battery artificially concealed until required to open upon the enemy. {Out of battery}, or {From battery}, withdrawn, as a gun, to a position for loading. 4. (Elec.) (a) A number of coated jars (Leyden jars) so connected that they may be charged and discharged simultaneously. (b) An apparatus for generating voltaic electricity. Note: In the trough battery, copper and zinc plates, connected in pairs, divide the trough into cells, which are filled with an acid or oxidizing liquid; the effect is exhibited when wires connected with the two end-plates are brought together. In Daniell's battery, the metals are zinc and copper, the former in dilute sulphuric acid, or a solution of sulphate of zinc, the latter in a saturated solution of sulphate of copper. A modification of this is the common gravity battery, so called from the automatic action of the two fluids, which are separated by their specific gravities. In Grove's battery, platinum is the metal used with zinc; two fluids are used, one of them in a porous cell surrounded by the other. In Bunsen's or the carbon battery, the carbon of gas coke is substituted for the platinum of Grove's. In Leclanch[82]'s battery, the elements are zinc in a solution of ammonium chloride, and gas carbon surrounded with manganese dioxide in a porous cell. A secondary battery is a battery which usually has the two plates of the same kind, generally of lead, in dilute sulphuric acid, and which, when traversed by an electric current, becomes charged, and is then capable of giving a current of itself for a time, owing to chemical changes produced by the charging current. A storage battery is a kind of secondary battery used for accumulating and storing the energy of electrical charges or currents, usually by means of chemical work done by them; an accumulator. 5. A number of similar machines or devices in position; an apparatus consisting of a set of similar parts; as, a battery of boilers, of retorts, condensers, etc. 6. (Metallurgy) A series of stamps operated by one motive power, for crushing ores containing the precious metals. --Knight. 7. The box in which the stamps for crushing ore play up and down. 8. (Baseball) The pitcher and catcher together.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barbette \Bar*bette"\, n. [F. Cf. {Barbet}.] (Fort.) A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet. {En barbette}, {In barbette}, said of guns when they are elevated so as to fire over the top of a parapet, and not through embrasures. {Barbette gun}, or {Barbette battery}, a single gun, or a number of guns, mounted in barbette, or partially protected by a parapet or turret. {Barbette carriage}, a gun carriage which elevates guns sufficiently to be in barbette. [See Illust. of {Casemate}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barbette \Bar*bette"\, n. [F. Cf. {Barbet}.] (Fort.) A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet. {En barbette}, {In barbette}, said of guns when they are elevated so as to fire over the top of a parapet, and not through embrasures. {Barbette gun}, or {Barbette battery}, a single gun, or a number of guns, mounted in barbette, or partially protected by a parapet or turret. {Barbette carriage}, a gun carriage which elevates guns sufficiently to be in barbette. [See Illust. of {Casemate}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barbituric acid \Bar`bi*tu"ric ac"id\ (Chem.) A white, crystalline substance, {CH2(CO.NH)2.CO}, derived from alloxantin, also from malonic acid and urea, and regarded as a substituted urea.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barbotine \Bar"bo*tine\, n. [F.] A paste of clay used in decorating coarse pottery in relief.
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Barefoot \Bare"foot\, a. & adv. With the feet bare; without shoes or stockings.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barefooted \Bare"foot`ed\, a. Having the feet bare.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bear \Bear\, n. [OE. bere, AS. bera; akin to D. beer, OHG. bero, pero, G. b[84]r, Icel. & Sw. bj[94]rn, and possibly to L. fera wild beast, Gr. [?] beast, Skr. bhalla bear.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of the genus Ursus, and of the closely allied genera. Bears are plantigrade Carnivora, but they live largely on fruit and insects. Note: The European brown bear ({U. arctos}), the white polar bear ({U. maritimus}), the grizzly bear ({U. horribilis}), the American black bear, and its variety the cinnamon bear ({U. Americanus}), the Syrian bear ({Ursus Syriacus}), and the sloth bear, are among the notable species. 2. (Zo[94]l.) An animal which has some resemblance to a bear in form or habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly bear; ant bear; water bear; sea bear. 3. (Astron.) One of two constellations in the northern hemisphere, called respectively the {Great Bear} and the {Lesser Bear}, or {Ursa Major} and {Ursa Minor}. 4. Metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person. 5. (Stock Exchange) A person who sells stocks or securities for future delivery in expectation of a fall in the market. Note: The bears and bulls of the Stock Exchange, whose interest it is, the one to depress, and the other to raise, stocks, are said to be so called in allusion to the bear's habit of pulling down, and the bull's of tossing up. 6. (Mach.) A portable punching machine. 7. (Naut.) A block covered with coarse matting; -- used to scour the deck. {Australian bear}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Koala}. {Bear baiting}, the sport of baiting bears with dogs. {Bear caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), the hairy larva of a moth, esp. of the genus {Euprepia}. {Bear garden}. (a) A place where bears are kept for diversion or fighting. (b) Any place where riotous conduct is common or permitted. --M. Arnold. {Bear leader}, one who leads about a performing bear for money; hence, a facetious term for one who takes charge of a young man on his travels.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bereave \Be*reave"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bereaved}, {Bereft}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bereaving.}] [OE. bireven, AS. bere[a0]fian. See {Be-}, and {Reave.}] 1. To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; -- with of before the person or thing taken away. Madam, you have bereft me of all words. --Shak. Bereft of him who taught me how to sing. --Tickell. 2. To take away from. [Obs.] All your interest in those territories Is utterly bereft you; all is lost. --Shak. 3. To take away. [Obs.] Shall move you to bereave my life. --Marlowe. Note: The imp. and past pple. form bereaved is not used in reference to immaterial objects. We say bereaved or bereft by death of a relative, bereft of hope and strength. Syn: To dispossess; to divest.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bereave \Be*reave"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bereaved}, {Bereft}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bereaving.}] [OE. bireven, AS. bere[a0]fian. See {Be-}, and {Reave.}] 1. To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; -- with of before the person or thing taken away. Madam, you have bereft me of all words. --Shak. Bereft of him who taught me how to sing. --Tickell. 2. To take away from. [Obs.] All your interest in those territories Is utterly bereft you; all is lost. --Shak. 3. To take away. [Obs.] Shall move you to bereave my life. --Marlowe. Note: The imp. and past pple. form bereaved is not used in reference to immaterial objects. We say bereaved or bereft by death of a relative, bereft of hope and strength. Syn: To dispossess; to divest.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bereft \Be*reft"\, imp. & p. p. of Bereave.
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Bewrap \Be*wrap"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bewrapped}.] To wrap up; to cover. --Fairfax.
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Bravade \Bravade"\ (br[adot]v[amac]d"), n. Bravado. [Obs.] --Fanshawe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bravado \Brava"do\ (br[adot]v[amac]"d[osl]), n., pl. {Bravadoes} (-d[osl]z). [Sp. bravada, bravata, boast, brag: cf. F. bravade. See {Brave}.] Boastful and threatening behavior; a boastful menace. In spite of our host's bravado. --Irving.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bravado \Brava"do\ (br[adot]v[amac]"d[osl]), n., pl. {Bravadoes} (-d[osl]z). [Sp. bravada, bravata, boast, brag: cf. F. bravade. See {Brave}.] Boastful and threatening behavior; a boastful menace. In spite of our host's bravado. --Irving.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brave \Brave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Braved} (br[amac]vd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Braving}.] 1. To encounter with courage and fortitude; to set at defiance; to defy; to dare. These I can brave, but those I can not bear. --Dryden. 2. To adorn; to make fine or showy. [Obs.] Thou [a tailor whom Grunio was browbeating] hast braved meny men; brave not me; I'll neither be faced or braved. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brevet \Bre*vet"\, a. (Mil.) Taking or conferring rank by brevet; as, a brevet colonel; a brevet commission.
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Brevet \Brevet"\ (br[esl]v[ecr]t"; 277), n. [F. brevet, LL. brevetum, fr. L. brevis short. See {Brief}.] 1. A warrant from the government, granting a privilege, title, or dignity. [French usage]. 2. (Mil.) A commission giving an officer higher rank than that for which he receives pay; an honorary promotion of an officer. Note: In the United States army, rank by brevet is conferred, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for [bd]gallant actions or meritorious services.[b8] A brevet rank gives no right of command in the particular corps to which the officer brevetted belongs, and can be exercised only by special assignment of the President, or on court martial, and detachments composed of different corps, with pay of the brevet rank when on such duty.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brevet \Brevet"\ (br[esl]v[ecr]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brevetted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brevetting}.] (Mil.) To confer rank upon by brevet.
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Brevetcy \Brevet"cy\ (br[esl]v[ecr]t"s[ycr]), n.; pl. {Brevetcies} (-s[icr]z). (Mil.) The rank or condition of a brevet officer.
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Brevetcy \Brevet"cy\ (br[esl]v[ecr]t"s[ycr]), n.; pl. {Brevetcies} (-s[icr]z). (Mil.) The rank or condition of a brevet officer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brevet \Brevet"\ (br[esl]v[ecr]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brevetted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brevetting}.] (Mil.) To confer rank upon by brevet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brevet \Brevet"\ (br[esl]v[ecr]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brevetted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brevetting}.] (Mil.) To confer rank upon by brevet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Breviate \Bre"vi*ate\, n. [L. breviatus, p. p. of breviare to shorten, brevis short.] 1. A short compend; a summary; a brief statement. I omit in this breviate to rehearse. --Hakluyt. The same little breviates of infidelity have . . . been published and dispersed with great activity. --Bp. Porteus. 2. A lawyer's brief. [R.] --Hudibras.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Breviate \Bre"vi*ate\, v. t. To abbreviate. [Obs.]
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Breviature \Bre"viature\, n. An abbreviature; an abbreviation. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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Brevity \Brev"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Brevities}. [L. brevitas, fr. brevis short: cf. F. bri[8a]vit[82]. See {Brief}.] 1. Shortness of duration; briefness of time; as, the brevity of human life. 2. Contraction into few words; conciseness. Brevity is the soul of wit. --Shak. This argument is stated by St. John with his usual elegant brevity and simplicity. --Bp. Porteus. Syn: Shortness; conciseness; succinctness; terseness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brevity \Brev"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Brevities}. [L. brevitas, fr. brevis short: cf. F. bri[8a]vit[82]. See {Brief}.] 1. Shortness of duration; briefness of time; as, the brevity of human life. 2. Contraction into few words; conciseness. Brevity is the soul of wit. --Shak. This argument is stated by St. John with his usual elegant brevity and simplicity. --Bp. Porteus. Syn: Shortness; conciseness; succinctness; terseness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bribe \Bribe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bribed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bribing}.] 1. To rob or steal. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. To give or promise a reward or consideration to (a judge, juror, legislator, voter, or other person in a position of trust) with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct; to induce or influence by a bribe; to give a bribe to. Neither is he worthy who bribes a man to vote against his conscience. --F. W. Robertson. 3. To gain by a bribe; of induce as by a bribe.
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Brobdingnagian \Brob`dingnag"ian\, a. [From Brobdingnag, a country of giants in [bd]Gulliver's Travels.[b8]] Colossal; of extraordinary height; gigantic. -- n. A giant. [Spelt often {Brobdignagian}.]
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Brobdingnagian \Brob`dingnag"ian\, a. [From Brobdingnag, a country of giants in [bd]Gulliver's Travels.[b8]] Colossal; of extraordinary height; gigantic. -- n. A giant. [Spelt often {Brobdignagian}.]
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Browbeat \Brow"beat`\, v. t. [imp. {Browbeat}; p. p. {Browbeaten}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Browbeating}.] To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by impudent or abusive words or looks; to bully; as, to browbeat witnesses. My grandfather was not a man to be browbeaten. --W. Irving.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Browbeat \Brow"beat`\, v. t. [imp. {Browbeat}; p. p. {Browbeaten}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Browbeating}.] To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by impudent or abusive words or looks; to bully; as, to browbeat witnesses. My grandfather was not a man to be browbeaten. --W. Irving.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Browbeat \Brow"beat`\, v. t. [imp. {Browbeat}; p. p. {Browbeaten}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Browbeating}.] To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by impudent or abusive words or looks; to bully; as, to browbeat witnesses. My grandfather was not a man to be browbeaten. --W. Irving.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Browbeating \Brow"beat`ing\, n. The act of bearing down, abashing, or disconcerting, with stern looks, supercilious manners, or confident assertions. The imperious browbeatings and scorn of great men. --L'Estrange.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Cryptogamia \[d8]Cryp`toga"mia\ (kr?p`t?-g?"m?-?), n.; pl. {Cryptogami[91]} (-[?]). [NL., fr. Gr. krypto`s hidden, secret + ga`mos marriage.] (Bot.) The series or division of flowerless plants, or those never having true stamens and pistils, but propagated by spores of various kinds. Note: The subdivisions have been variously arranged. The following arrangement recognizes four classes: -- I. {{Pteridophyta}, or {Vascular Acrogens}.} These include Ferns, {Equiseta} or Scouring rushes, {Lycopodiace[91]} or Club mosses, {Selaginelle[91]}, and several other smaller orders. Here belonged also the extinct coal plants called {Lepidodendron}, {Sigillaria}, and {Calamites}. II. {{Bryophita}, or {Cellular Acrogens}}. These include {Musci}, or Mosses, {Hepatic[91]}, or Scale mosses and Liverworts, and possibly {Charace[91]}, the Stoneworts. III. {{Alg[91]}}, which are divided into {Floride[91]}, the Red Seaweeds, and the orders {Dictyote[91]}, {O[94]spore[91]}, {Zo[94]spore[91]}, {Conjugat[91]}, {Diatomace[91]}, and {Cryptophyce[91]}. IV. {{Fungi}}. The molds, mildews, mushrooms, puffballs, etc., which are variously grouped into several subclasses and many orders. The {Lichenes} or Lichens are now considered to be of a mixed nature, each plant partly a Fungus and partly an Alga.
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Burbot \Bur"bot\, n. [F. barbote, fr. barbe beard. See 1st {Barb}.] (Zo[94]l.) A fresh-water fish of the genus {Lota}, having on the nose two very small barbels, and a larger one on the chin. [Written also {burbolt}.] Note: The fish is also called an {eelpout} or {ling}, and is allied to the codfish. The {Lota vulgaris} is a common European species. An American species ({L. maculosa}) is found in New England, the Great Lakes, and farther north.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Barefoot Bay, FL Zip code(s): 32976
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Barefoot To go barefoot was a sign of great distress (Isa. 20:2, 3, 4), or of some great calamity having fallen on a person (2 Sam. 15:30).
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]:
Barbados Barbados:Geography Location: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela Map references: Central America and the Caribbean Area: total area: 430 sq km land area: 430 sq km comparative area: slightly less than 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 97 km Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: none Climate: tropical; rainy season (June to October) Terrain: relatively flat; rises gently to central highland region Natural resources: petroleum, fishing, natural gas Land use: arable land: 77% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 9% forest and woodland: 0% other: 14% Irrigated land: NA sq km Environment: current issues: pollution of coastal waters from waste disposal by ships; soil erosion; illegal solid waste disposal threatens contamination of aquifers natural hazards: hurricanes (especially June to October); periodic landslides international agreements: party to - Climate Change, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution; signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity Note: easternmost Caribbean island Barbados:People Population: 256,395 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 24% (female 30,175; male 31,507) 15-64 years: 66% (female 86,103; male 82,727) 65 years and over: 10% (female 15,849; male 10,034) (July 1995 est.) Population growth rate: 0.24% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 15.45 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 8.27 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: -4.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 19.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 74.16 years male: 71.47 years female: 77.06 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 1.78 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: Barbadian(s) adjective: Barbadian Ethnic divisions: African 80%, European 4%, other 16% Religions: Protestant 67% (Anglican 40%, Pentecostal 8%, Methodist 7%, other 12%), Roman Catholic 4%, none 17%, unknown 3%, other 9% (1980) Languages: English Literacy: age 15 and over has ever attended school (1970) total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% Labor force: 124,800 (1992) by occupation: services and government 41%, commerce 15%, manufacturing and construction 18%, transportation, storage, communications, and financial institutions 8%, agriculture 6%, utilities 2% (1992 est.) Barbados:Government Names: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Barbados Digraph: BB Type: parliamentary democracy Capital: Bridgetown Administrative divisions: 11 parishes; Christ Church, Saint Andrew, Saint George, Saint James, Saint John, Saint Joseph, Saint Lucy, Saint Michael, Saint Peter, Saint Philip, Saint Thomas note: the new city of Bridgetown may be given parish status Independence: 30 November 1966 (from UK) National holiday: Independence Day, 30 November (1966) Constitution: 30 November 1966 Legal system: English common law; no judicial review of legislative acts Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Governor General Dame Nita BARROW (since 6 June 1990) head of government: Prime Minister Owen Seymour ARTHUR (since 6 September 1994); Deputy Prime Minister Billie MILLER (since 6 September 1994) cabinet: Cabinet; appointed by the governor general on advice of the prime minister Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament Senate: consists of a 21-member body appointed by the governor general House of Assembly: election last held 6 September 1994 (next to be held by January 1999); results - percentage vote by party NA; seats - (28 total) DLP 8, BLP 19, NDP 1 Judicial branch: Supreme Court of Judicature Political parties and leaders: Democratic Labor Party (DLP),David THOMPSON; Barbados Labor Party (BLP), Owen ARTHUR; National Democratic Party (NDP), Richard HAYNES Other political or pressure groups: Barbados Workers Union, Leroy TROTMAN; People's Progressive Movement, Eric SEALY; Workers' Party of Barbados, Dr. George BELLE; Clement Payne Labor Union, David COMMISSIONG Member of: ACP, C, CARICOM, CDB, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, GATT, IADB, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITU, LAES, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: Ambassador Courtney BLACKMAN chancery: 2144 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 939-9218, 9219 FAX: [1] (202) 332-7467 consulate(s) general: Miami and New York consulate(s): Los Angeles US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: Ambassador Jeanette W. HYDE embassy: Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Building, Broad Street, Bridgetown mailing address: P. O. Box 302, Bridgetown; FPO AA 34055 telephone: [1] (809) 436-4950 FAX: [1] (809) 429-5246 Flag: three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, and blue with the head of a black trident centered on the gold band; the trident head represents independence and a break with the past (the colonial coat of arms contained a complete trident) Economy Overview: A per capita income of $9,200 gives Barbados one of the highest standards of living of all the small island states of the eastern Caribbean. Historically, the economy was based on the cultivation of sugarcane and related activities. In recent years, however, the economy has diversified into manufacturing and tourism. A moderate recovery that began in late 1993 after 3 years of contraction is mainly due to increased tourism and expansion in the construction sector. Economic prospects for 1995 depend mostly on continued growth in the industrialized countries, especially in Europe, which would spur further expansion in tourism. National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $2.4 billion (1994 est.) National product real growth rate: 3% (1994 est.) National product per capita: $9,200 (1994 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2% (1994 est.) Unemployment rate: 20.5% (1994 est.) Budget: revenues: $509 million expenditures: $636 million, including capital expenditures of $86 million (FY94/95 est.) Exports: $161 million (f.o.b., 1993 est.) commodities: sugar and molasses, rum, other foods and beverages, chemicals, electrical components, clothing partners: US 13%, UK 10%, Trinidad and Tobago 9%, Windward Islands 8% Imports: $703 million (c.i.f., 1993 est.) commodities: consumer goods, machinery, foodstuffs, construction materials, chemicals, fuel, electrical components partners: US 36%, UK 11%, Trinidad and Tobago 11%, Japan 3% External debt: $652 million (1991 est.) Industrial production: growth rate 2% (FY93/94 est.); accounts for about 10% of GDP Electricity: capacity: 152,100 kW production: 510 million kWh consumption per capita: 1,841 kWh (1993) Industries: tourism, sugar, light manufacturing, component assembly for export Agriculture: accounts for 6% of GDP; major cash crop is sugarcane; other crops - vegetables, cotton; not self-sufficient in food Illicit drugs: one of many Caribbean transshipment points for narcotics bound for the US and Europe Economic aid: recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $15 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $171 million Currency: 1 Barbadian dollar (Bds$) = 100 cents Exchange rates: Barbadian dollars (Bds$) per US$1 - 2.0113 (fixed rate) Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March Barbados:Transportation Railroads: 0 km Highways: total: 1,570 km paved: 1,475 km unpaved: gravel, earth 95 km Ports: Bridgetown Merchant marine: total: 12 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 61,563 GRT/103,632 DWT ships by type: bulk 4, cargo 6, oil tanker 2 Airports: total: 1 with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1 Barbados:Communications Telephone system: 89,000 telephones local: island wide automatic telephone system; intercity: NA international: 1 INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean) earth station; tropospheric scatter link to Trinidad and Saint Lucia Radio: broadcast stations: AM 3, FM 2, shortwave 0 radios: NA Television: broadcast stations: 2 (1 pay) televisions: NA Barbados:Defense Forces Branches: Royal Barbados Defense Force (includes the Ground Forces and Coast Guard), Royal Barbados Police Force Manpower availability: males age 15-49 71,153; males fit for military service 49,488 (1995 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $NA, NA% of GDP