Part 920

<hw>Barm"cloth`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Apron.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Barmecidal</h1> <Xpage=120>

<hw>Bar"me*ci`dal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Barmecide</er>.]</ety> <def>Unreal; illusory.</def> "A sort of <i>Barmecidal</i> feast."

<i>Hood.</i>

<h1>Barmecide</h1> <Xpage=120>

<hw>Bar"me*cide</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[A prince of the <ets>Barmecide</ets> family, who, as related in the "Arabian Nights' Tales", pretended to set before the hungry Shacabac food, on which the latter pretended to feast.]</ety> <def>One who proffers some illusory advantage or benefit. Also used as an <i>adj</i>.: Barmecidal.</def> "A <i>Barmecide</i> feast."

<i>Dickens.</i>

<h1>Barmote</h1> <Xpage=120>

<hw>Bar"mote`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Barg</ets> + <ets>mote</ets> meeting.]</ety> <def>A court held in Derbyshire, in England, for deciding controversies between miners.</def>

<i>Blount.</i>

<h1>Balmy</h1> <Xpage=120>

<hw>Balm"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of barm or froth; in a ferment.</def> "<i>Barmy</i> beer."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Barn</h1> <Xpage=120>

<hw>Barn</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bern</ets>, AS. <ets>berern</ets>, <ets>bern</ets>; <ets>bere</ets> barley + <ets>ern</ets>, <ets>\'91rn</ets>, a close place. <?/92. See <er>Barley</er>.]</ety> <def>A covered building used chiefly for storing grain, hay, and other productions of a farm. In the United States a part of the barn is often used for stables.</def>

<cs><col>Barn owl</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>an owl of Europe and America (<spn>Aluco flammeus</spn>, or <spn>Strix flammea</spn>), which frequents barns and other buildings.</cd> -- <col>Barn swallow</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the common American swallow (<spn>Hirundo horreorum</spn>), which attaches its nest of mud to the beams and rafters of barns.</cd></cs>

<h1>Barn</h1> <Xpage=120>

<hw>Barn</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To lay up in a barn.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>Men . . . often <b>barn</b> up the chaff, and burn up the grain. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Barn</h1> <Xpage=120>

<hw>Barn</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A child. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> See <er>Bairn</er>.</def>

<h1>Barnabite</h1> <Xpage=120>

<hw>Bar"na*bite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>A member of a religious order, named from St. Barnabas.</def>

<h1>Barnacle</h1> <Xpage=120>

<hw>Bar"na*cle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. from E. <ets>barnacle</ets> a kind of goose, which was popularly supposed to grow from this shellfish; but perh. from LL. <ets>bernacula</ets> for <ets>pernacula</ets>, dim. of <ets>perna</ets> ham, sea mussel; cf. Gr. <ets><?/</ets> ham Cf. F. <ets>bernacle</ets>, <ets>barnacle</ets>, E. <ets>barnacle</ets> a goose; and Ir. <ets>bairneach</ets>, <ets>barneach</ets>, limpet.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber, ships, etc., esp. <sd>(a)</sd> the sessile species (genus <i>Balanus</i> and allies), and <sd>(b)</sd> the stalked or goose barnacles (genus <i>Lepas</i> and allies). See <er>Cirripedia</er>, and <er>Goose barnacle</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Barnacle eater</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the orange filefish.</cd> -- <col>Barnacle scale</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a bark louse (<spn>Ceroplastes cirripediformis</spn>) of the orange and quince trees in Florida. The female scale curiously resembles a sessile barnacle in form.</cd></cs>