Part 924

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A building for soldiers, especially when in garrison. Commonly in the <pluf>pl.</pluf>, originally meaning temporary huts, but now usually applied to a permanent structure or set of buildings.</def>

<blockquote>He lodged in a miserable hut or <b>barrack</b>, composed of dry branches and thatched with straw. <i>Gibbon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc.</def> <mark>[Local, U.S.]</mark>

<h1>Barrack</h1> <Xpage=120>

<hw>Bar"rack</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To supply with barracks; to establish in barracks; <as>as, to <ex>barrack</ex> troops</as>.</def>

<h1>Barrack</h1> <Xpage=120>

<hw>Bar"rack</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To live or lodge in barracks.</def>

<h1>Barraclade</h1> <Xpage=120>

<hw>Bar"ra*clade</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[D. <ets>baar</ets>, OD. <ets>baer</ets>, naked, bare + <ets>kleed</ets> garment, <ets>i</ets>.<ets>e</ets>., cloth undressed or without nap.]</ety> <def>A home-made woolen blanket without nap.</def> <mark>[Local, New York]</mark>

<i>Bartlett.</i>

<h1>Barracoon</h1> <Xpage=120>

<hw>Bar"ra*coon`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp. or Pg. <ets>barraca</ets>. See <er>Barrack</er>.]</ety> <def>A slave warehouse, or an inclosure where slaves are quartered temporarily.</def>

<i>Du Chaillu.</i>

<h1>Barracuda, Barracouata</h1> <Xpage=120>

<hw><hw>Bar`ra*cu"da</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bar`ra*cou"ata</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A voracious pikelike, marine fish, of the genus <spn>Sphyr\'91na</spn>, sometimes used as food.</def>

<note>&hand; That of Europe and our Atlantic coast is <spn>Sphyr\'91na spet</spn> (or <spn>S. vulgaris</spn>); a southern species is <spn>S. picuda</spn>; the Californian is <spn>S. argentea</spn>.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia and New Zealand (<spn>Thyrsites atun</spn>).</def>

<h1>Barrage</h1> <Xpage=120>

<hw>Bar"rage</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>barrer</ets> to bar, from <ets>barre</ets> bar.]</ety> <fld>(Engin.)</fld> <def>An artificial bar or obstruction placed in a river or water course to increase the depth of water; <as>as, the <ex>barrages</ex> of the Nile</as>.</def>

<h1>Barranca</h1> <Xpage=120>

<hw>Bar*ran"ca</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <def>A ravine caused by heavy rains or a watercourse.</def> <mark>[Texas & N. Mex.]</mark>

<h1>Barras</h1> <Xpage=120>

<hw>Bar"ras</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A resin, called also <altname>galipot</altname>.</def>

<h1>Barrator</h1> <Xpage=120>

<hw>Bar"ra*tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>baratour</ets>, OF. <ets>barateor</ets> deceiver, fr. OF. <ets>barater</ets>, <ets>bareter</ets>, to deceive, cheat, barter. See <er>Barter</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <def>One guilty of barratry.</def>

<h1>Barratrous</h1> <Xpage=120>

<hw>Bar"ra*trous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt><?/</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Tainter with, or constituting, barratry.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Bar"ra*trous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<i>Kent.</i>