Part 922

<h1>Barometrograph</h1> <Xpage=120>

<hw>Bar`o*met"ro*graph</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> weight + <ets><?/</ets> measure + <ets>-graph</ets>.]</ety> <def>A form of barometer so constructed as to inscribe of itself upon paper a record of the variations of atmospheric pressure.</def>

<h1>Barometry</h1> <Xpage=120>

<hw>Ba*rom"e*try</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The art or process of making barometrical measurements.</def>

<h1>Barometz</h1> <Xpage=120>

<hw>Bar"o*metz</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Russ. <ets>baranets'</ets> clubmoss.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The woolly-skinned rhizoma or rootstock of a fern (<spn>Dicksonia barometz</spn>), which, when specially prepared and inverted, somewhat resembles a lamb; -- called also <altname>Scythian lamb</altname>.</def>

<h1>Baron</h1> <Xpage=120>

<hw>Bar"on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>baron</ets>, <ets>barun</ets>, OF. <ets>baron</ets>, accus. of <ets>ber</ets>, F. <ets>baron</ets>, prob. fr. OHG. <ets>baro</ets> (not found) bearer, akin to E. <ets>bear</ets> to support; cf. O. Frisian <ets>bere</ets>, LL. <ets>baro</ets>, It. <ets>barone</ets>, Sp. <ets>varon</ets>. From the meaning <ets>bearer</ets> (of burdens) seem to have come the senses <ets>strong man</ets>, <ets>man</ets> (in distinction from woman), which is the oldest meaning in French, and lastly, <ets>nobleman</ets>. Cf. L. <ets>baro</ets>, simpleton. See <er>Bear</er> to support.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and Germany, a nobleman next in rank below a count; in England, a nobleman of the lowest grade in the House of Lords, being next below a viscount.</def>

<note>&hand; "The tenants in chief from the Crown, who held lands of the annual value of four hundred pounds, were styled <i>Barons</i>; and it is to them, and not to the members of the lowest grade of the nobility (to whom the title at the present time belongs), that reference is made when we read of the Barons of the early days of England's history . . . . Barons are addressed as 'My Lord,' and are styled 'Right Honorable.' All their sons and daughters 'Honorable.'"</note>

<i>Cussans.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Old Law)</fld> <def>A husband; <as>as, <ex>baron</ex> and <ex>feme</ex>, husband and wife</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Cowell.</i>

<cs><col>Baron of beef</col>, <cd>two sirloins not cut asunder at the backbone.</cd> -- <col>Barons of the Cinque Ports</col>, <cd>formerly members of the House of Commons, elected by the seven Cinque Ports, two for each port.</cd> -- <col>Baron of the exchequer</col>, <cd>the judges of the Court of Exchequer, one of the three ancient courts of England, now abolished.</cd></cs>

<h1>Baronage</h1> <Xpage=120>

<hw>Bar"on*age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>barnage</ets>, <ets>baronage</ets>, OF.<ets>barnage</ets>, F. <ets>baronnage</ets>; cf. LL. <ets>baronagium</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The whole body of barons or peers.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>baronage</b> of the kingdom. <i>Bp. Burnet.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The dignity or rank of a baron.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The land which gives title to a baron.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Baroness</h1> <Xpage=120>

<hw>Bar"on*ess</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A baron's wife; also, a lady who holds the baronial title in her own right; <as>as, the <ex>Baroness</ex> Burdett-Coutts</as>.</def>

<h1>Baronet</h1> <Xpage=120>

<hw>Bar"on*et</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Baron</ets> + <ets>-et</ets>.]</ety> <def>A dignity or degree of honor next below a baron and above a knight, having precedency of all orders of knights except those of the Garter. It is the lowest degree of honor that is hereditary. The baronets are commoners.</def>

<note>&hand; The order was founded by James I. in 1611, and is given by patent. The word, however, in the sense of a <i>lesser</i> baron, was in use long before. "Baronets have the title of 'Sir' prefixed to their Christian names; their surnames being followed by their dignity, usually abbreviated <i>Bart</i>. Their wives are addressed as 'Lady' or 'Madam'. Their sons are possessed of no title beyond 'Esquire.'"</note>

<i>Cussans.</i>

<h1>Baronetage</h1> <Xpage=120>

<hw>Bar"on*et*age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>State or rank of a baronet.</def>