Part 904

<blockquote>Must I new <b>bars</b> to my own joy create? <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

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<p><b>4.</b> <def>A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Any railing that divides a room, or office, or hall of assembly, in order to reserve a space for those having special privileges; <as>as, the <ex>bar</ex> of the House of Commons</as>.</def>

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

<p><b>7.</b> <def>Any tribunal; <as>as, the <ex>bar</ex> of public opinion; the <ex>bar</ex> of God.</as></def>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>9.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>An ordinary, like a fess but narrower, occupying only one fifth part of the field.</def>

<p><b>10.</b> <def>A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; <as>as, a <ex>bar</ex> of light; a <ex>bar</ex> of color.</as></def>

<p><b>11.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called <i>measures</i>.</def>

<note>&hand; A <i>double bar</i> 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 <i>bar</i> is very often loosely used for <i>measure</i>, i.e., for such length of music, or of silence, as is included between one bar and the next; as, a passage of eight <i>bars</i>; two <i>bars'</i> rest.</note>

<p><b>12.</b> <fld>(Far.)</fld> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>13.</b> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A drilling or tamping rod.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A vein or dike crossing a lode.</def>

<p><b>14.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A slender strip of wood which divides and supports the glass of a window; a sash bar.</def>

<cs><col>Bar shoe</col> <fld>(Far.)</fld>, <cd>a kind of horseshoe having a bar across the usual opening at the heel, to protect a tender frog from injury.</cd> -- <col>Bar shot</col>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col>Bar sinister</col> <fld>(Her.)</fld>, <cd>a term popularly but erroneously used for <i>baton<i>, a mark of illegitimacy. See <er>Baton</er>.</cd> -- <col>Bar tracery</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>ornamental stonework resembling bars of iron twisted into the forms required.</cd> -- <col>Blank bar</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>. <cd>See <er>Blank</er>.</cd> -- <col>Case at bar</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>a case presently before the court; a case under argument.</cd> -- <col>In bar of</col>, <cd>as a sufficient reason against; to prevent.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Matter in bar</col>, or <col>Defence in bar</col></mcol>, <cd>a plea which is a final defense in an action.</cd> -- <col>Plea in bar</col>, <cd>a plea which goes to bar or defeat the plaintiff's action absolutely and entirely.</cd> -- <col>Trial at bar</col> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld>, <cd>a trial before all the judges of one the superior courts of Westminster, or before a quorum representing the full court.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bar</h1> <Xpage=118>

<hw>Bar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Barred</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Barring</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[ F. <ets>barrer</ets>. See <er>Bar</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To fasten with a bar; <as>as, to <ex>bar</ex> a door or gate</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To restrict or confine, as if by a bar; to hinder; to obstruct; to prevent; to prohibit; <as>as, to <ex>bar</ex> the entrance of evil; distance <ex>bars</ex> our intercourse; the statute <ex>bars</ex> my right; the right is <ex>barred</ex> by time; a release <ex>bars</ex> the plaintiff's recovery</as>; -- sometimes with <i>up</i>.</def>

<blockquote>He barely looked the idea in the face, and hastened to <b>bar</b> it in its dungeon. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To except; to exclude by exception.</def>

<blockquote>Nay, but I <b>bar</b> to-night: you shall not gauge me By what we do to-night. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To cross with one or more stripes or lines.</def>

<blockquote>For the sake of distinguishing the feet more clearly, I have <b>barred</b> them singly. <i>Burney.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Barb</h1> <Xpage=118>

<hw>Barb</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>barbe</ets>, fr. L. <ets>barba</ets> beard. See <er>Beard</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.</def>

<blockquote>The barbel, so called by reason of his <b>barbs</b>, or wattles in his mouth. <i>Walton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>3.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>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.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>barbel</asp> and <asp>barble</asp>.]</altsp>