Part 917

<note>&hand; Some of the compounds of this element are remarkable for their high specific gravity, as the sulphate, called <i>heavy spar</i>, and the like. The oxide was called <i>barote</i>, by Guyton de Morveau, which name was changed by Lavoisier to <i>baryta</i>, whence the name of the metal.</note>

<h1>Bard</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Akin to Dan. & Sw. <ets>bark</ets>, Icel. <ets>b\'94rkr</ets>, LG. & HG. <ets>borke</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Specifically, Peruvian bark.</def>

<cs><col>Bark bed</col>. <cd>See <er>Bark stove</er> (below).</cd> -- <col>Bark pit</col>, <cd>a pit filled with bark and water, in which hides are steeped in tanning.</cd> -- <col>Bark stove</col> <fld>(Hort.)</fld>, <cd>a glazed structure for keeping tropical plants, having a bed of tanner's bark (called a <i>bark bed<i>) or other fermentable matter which produces a moist heat.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bark</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bark</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Barked</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Barking</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To strip the bark from; to peel.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to <i>bark</i> one's heel.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To girdle. See <er>Girdle</er>, <i>v. t.</i>, 3.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark; <as>as, to <ex>bark</ex> the roof of a hut</as>.</def>

<h1>Bark</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bark</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>berken</ets>, AS. <ets>beorcan</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>berkja</ets>, and prob. to E. <ets>break</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs; -- said of some animals, but especially of dogs.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.</def>

<blockquote>They <b>bark</b>, and say the Scripture maketh heretics. <i>Tyndale.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Where there is the <b>barking</b> of the belly, there no other commands will be heard, much less obeyed. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bark</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bark</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar sound made by some other animals.</def>

<h1>Bark, Barque</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw><hw>Bark</hw>, <hw>Barque</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>barque</ets>, fr. Sp. or It. <ets>barca</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>barca</ets> for <ets>barica</ets>. See <er>Barge</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind.</def>

<i>Byron.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast squarerigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.</def>

<h1>Barkantine</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bark"an*tine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Barkentine</er>.</def>

<h1>Bark beetle</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bark" bee`tle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small beetle of many species (family <spn>Scolytid\'91</spn>), which in the larval state bores under or in the bark of trees, often doing great damage.</def>

<h1>Barkbound</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bark"bound`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.</def>