Part 915

<blockquote>So worthless peasants <b>bargain</b> for their wives. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bargain</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bar"gain</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bargained</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bargaining</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; <as>as, to <ex>bargain</ex> one horse for another</as>.</def>

<cs><col>To bargain away</col>, <cd>to dispose of in a bargain; -- usually with a sense of loss or disadvantage; as, to <i>bargain away<i> one's birthright. "The heir . . . had somehow <i>bargained away<i> the estate."</cd></cs>

<i>G. Eliot.</i>

<h1>Barfainee</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bar`fain*ee"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>bargaign\'82</ets>, p.p. See <er>Bargain</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The party to a contract who receives, or agrees to receive, the property sold.</def>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<h1>Bargainer</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bar"gain*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who makes a bargain; -- sometimes in the sense of <i>bargainor</i>.</def>

<h1>Bargainor</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bar`gain*or"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One who makes a bargain, or contracts with another; esp., one who sells, or contracts to sell, property to another.</def>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<h1>Barge</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Barge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>barge</ets>, F. <ets>berge</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>barca</ets>, for <ets>barica</ets> (not found), prob. fr. L. <ets>baris</ets> an Egyptian rowboat, fr. Gr. <ets><?/</ets>, prob. fr. Egyptian: cf. Coptic <ets>bari</ets> a boat. Cf. <er>Bark</er> a vessel.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A pleasure boat; a vessel or boat of state, elegantly furnished and decorated.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A large, roomy boat for the conveyance of passengers or goods; <as>as, a ship's <ex>barge</ex>; a charcoal <ex>barge</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A large boat used by flag officers.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A large omnibus used for excursions.</def> <mark>[Local, U.S.]</mark>

<h1>Bargeboard</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Barge"board`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Perh. corrup. of <ets>vergeboard</ets>; or cf. LL. <ets>bargus</ets> a kind of gallows.]</ety> <def>A vergeboard.</def>

<h1>Bargecourse</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Barge"course`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Bargeboard</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A part of the tiling which projects beyond the principal rafters, in buildings where there is a gable.</def>

<i>Gwilt.</i>

<h1>Bargee</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bar*gee"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A bargeman.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Bargeman</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Barge"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The man who manages a barge, or one of the crew of a barge.</def>