Part 909

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A slender tactile organ on the lips of certain fished.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large fresh-water fish ( <i>Barbus vulgaris</i>) found in many European rivers. Its upper jaw is furnished with four barbels.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Barbs or paps under the tongued of horses and cattle. See 1st <er>Barb</er>, 3.</def>

<h1>Barbellate</h1> <Xpage=118>

<hw>Bar"bel*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See 1st <er>Barb</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having short, stiff hairs, often barbed at the point.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Barbellulate</h1> <Xpage=118>

<hw>Bar*bel"lu*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Barbellate with diminutive hairs or barbs.</def>

<h1>Barber</h1> <Xpage=118>

<hw>Bar"ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>barbour</ets>, OF. <ets>barbeor</ets>, F. <ets>barbier</ets>, as if fr. an assumed L. <ets>barbator</ets>, fr. <ets>barba</ets> beard. See 1st <er>Barb</er>.]</ety> <def>One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to cut and dress the hair of his patrons.</def>

<cs><col>Barber's itch</col>. <cd>See under <er>Itch</er>.</cd></cs>

<note>&hand; Formerly the barber practiced some offices of surgery, such as letting blood and pulling teeth. Hence such terms as <i>barber surgeon</i> ( old form <i>barber chirurgeon</i>), <i>barber surgery</i>, etc.</note>

<h1>Barber</h1> <Xpage=118>

<hw>Bar"ber</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Barbered</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Barbering</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To shave and dress the beard or hair of.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Barber fish</h1> <Xpage=118>

<hw>Bar"ber fish</hw>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Surgeon fish</er>.</def>

<h1>Barbermonger</h1> <Xpage=118>

<hw>Bar"ber*mon`ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A fop.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Barberry</h1> <Xpage=118>

<hw>Bar"ber*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>barbarin</ets>, <ets>barbere</ets>, OF. <ets>berbere</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A shrub of the genus <spn>Berberis</spn>, common along roadsides and in neglected fields. <spn>B. vulgaris</spn> is the species best known; its oblong red berries are made into a preserve or sauce, and have been deemed efficacious in fluxes and fevers. The bark dyes a fine yellow, esp. the bark of the root.</def> <altsp>[Also spelt <asp>berberry</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Barbet</h1> <Xpage=118>

<hw>Bar"bet</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>barbet</ets>, fr.<ets>barbe</ets> beard, long hair of certain animals. See <er>Barb</er> beard.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A variety of small dog, having long curly hair.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A bird of the family <spn>Bucconid\'91</spn>, 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.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A larva that feeds on aphides.</def>

<h1>Barbette</h1> <Xpage=118>

<hw>Bar*bette"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. Cf. <er>Barbet</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <def>A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>En barbette</col>, <col>In barbette</col></mcol>, <cd>said of guns when they are elevated so as to fire over the top of a parapet, and not through embrasures.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Barbette gun</col>, or <col>Barbette battery</col></mcol>, <cd>a single gun, or a number of guns, mounted <i>in barbette<i>, or partially protected by a parapet or turret.</cd> -- <col>Barbette carriage</col>, <cd>a gun carriage which elevates guns sufficiently to be <i>in barbette<i>. [See <i>Illust<i>. of <er>Casemate</er>.]</cd></cs>

<h1>Barbican, Barbacan</h1> <Xpage=118>

<hw><hw>Bar"bi*can</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bar"ba*can</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>barbican</ets>, <ets>barbecan</ets>, F. <ets>barbacane</ets>, LL. <ets>barbacana</ets>, <ets>barbicana</ets>, of uncertain origin: cf. Ar. <ets>barbakh</ets> aqueduct, sewer. F. <ets>barbacane</ets> also means, an opening to let out water, loophole.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>( <i>Fort</i>.) 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.</def>