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Bar"ter, v. t. To trade or exchange in the way of barter; to exchange (frequently for an unworthy consideration); to traffic; to truck; -- sometimes followed by away; as, to barter away goods or honor.

Bar"ter, n. 1. The act or practice of trafficking by exchange of commodities; an exchange of goods.

The spirit of huckstering and barter. Burke.

2. The thing given in exchange.

Syn. -- Exchange; dealing; traffic; trade; truck.

Bar"ter*er (&?;), n. One who barters.

Bar"ter*y (&?;), n. Barter. [Obs.] Camden.

Barth (&?;), n. [Etymol. unknown.] A place of shelter for cattle. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Bar*thol"o*mew tide` (&?;). Time of the festival of St. Bartholomew, August 24th. Shak.

Bar"ti*zan` (&?;), n. [Cf. Brettice.] (Arch.) A small, overhanging structure for lookout or defense, usually projecting at an angle of a building or near an entrance gateway.

Bart"lett (&?;), n. (Bot.) A Bartlett pear, a favorite kind of pear, which originated in England about 1770, and was called Williams' Bonchrétien. It was brought to America, and distributed by Mr. Enoch Bartlett, of Dorchester, Massachusetts.

Bar"ton (bär"tn), n. [AS. beretn courtyard, grange; bere barley + tn an inclosure.] 1. The demesne lands of a manor; also, the manor itself. [Eng.] Burton.

2. A farmyard. [Eng.] Southey.

Bar"tram (&?;), n. (Bot.) See Bertram. Johnson.

Bar"way` (&?;), n. A passage into a field or yard, closed by bars made to take out of the posts.

Bar"wise` (&?;), adv. (Her.) Horizontally.

Bar"wood` (-wd`), n. A red wood of a leguminous tree (Baphia nitida), from Angola and the Gabon in Africa. It is used as a dyewood, and also for ramrods, violin bows and turner's work.

Bar`y*cen"tric (&?;), a. [Gr. bary`s heavy + ke`ntron center.] Of or pertaining to the center of gravity. See Barycentric calculus, under Calculus.

Ba*ryph"o*ny (&?;), n. [Gr. bary`s heavy + fwnh` a sound, voice.] (Med.) Difficulty of speech.

Ba*ry"ta (&?;), n. [Gr. bary`s heavy. Cf. Baria.] (Chem.) An oxide of barium (or barytum); a heavy earth with a specific gravity above 4.

Ba*ry"tes (&?;), n. [Gr. bary`s heavy: cf. Gr. bary`ths heaviness, F. baryte.] (Min.) Barium sulphate, generally called heavy spar or barite. See Barite.

Ba*ryt"ic (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to baryta.

Ba*ry"to-cal"cite (&?;), n. [Baryta + calcite.] (Min.) A mineral of a white or gray color, occurring massive or crystallized. It is a compound of the carbonates of barium and calcium.

{ Bar"y*tone, Bar"i*tone } (&?;), a. [Gr. bary`tonos; bary`s heavy + to`nos tone.] 1. (Mus.) Grave and deep, as a kind of male voice.

2. (Greek Gram.) Not marked with an accent on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.

{ Bar"y*tone, Bar"i*tone }, n. [F. baryton: cf. It. baritono.] 1. (Mus.) (a) A male voice, the compass of which partakes of the common bass and the tenor, but which does not descend as low as the one, nor rise as high as the other. (b) A person having a voice of such range. (c) The viola di gamba, now entirely disused.

2. (Greek Gram.) A word which has no accent marked on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.

Ba*ry"tum (&?;), n. [NL.] (Chem.) The metal barium. See Barium. [R.]