Part 918

<h1>Barkeeper</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bar"keep`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who keeps or tends a bar for the sale of liquors.</def>

<h1>Barken</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bark"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Made of bark.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark>

<i>Whittier.</i>

<h1>Barkentine</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bark"en*tine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Bark</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, a vessel.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A threemasted vessel, having the foremast square-rigged, and the others schooner-rigged. <altsp>[Spelled also <asp>barquentine</asp>, <asp>barkantine</asp>, etc.]</altsp> See <i>Illust</i>. in Append.</def>

<h1>Barker</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bark"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An animal that barks; hence, any one who clamors unreasonably.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who stands at the doors of shops to urg<?/ passers by to make purchases.</def> <mark>[Cant, Eng.]</mark>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A pistol.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark>

<i>Dickens.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The spotted redshank.</def>

<h1>Barker</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bark"er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who strips trees of their bark.</def>

<h1>Barker's mill</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bark"er's mill`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[From Dr. <ets>Barker</ets>, the inventor.]</ety> <def>A machine, invented in the 17th century, worked by a form of reaction wheel. The water flows into a vertical tube and gushes from apertures in hollow horizontal arms, causing the machine to revolve on its axis.</def>

<h1>Barkery</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bark"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A tanhouse.</def>

<h1>Barking irons</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bark"ing i`rons</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <p><b>1.</b> <def>Instruments used in taking off the bark of trees.</def>

<i>Gardner.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A pair of pistols.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark>

<h1>Barkless</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bark"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Destitute of bark.</def>

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

<hw>Bark" louse`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An insect of the family <spn>Coccid\'91</spn>, which infests the bark of trees and vines.</def>

<note>&hand; The wingless females assume the shape of scales. The bark louse of vine is <spn>Pulvinaria innumerabilis</spn>; that of the pear is <spn>Lecanium pyri</spn>. See <er>Orange scale</er>.</note>