Part 928

<hw>Bar"row</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>barow</ets>, <ets>bargh</ets>, AS. <ets>bearg</ets>, <ets>bearh</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>b\'94rgr</ets>, OHG. <ets>barh</ets>, <ets>barug</ets>, G. <ets>barch</ets>. <?/95.]</ety> <def>A hog, esp. a male hog castrated.</def>

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Barrow</h1> <Xpage=121>

<hw>Bar"row</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bergh</ets>, AS. <ets>beorg</ets>, <ets>beorh</ets>, hill, sepulchral mound; akin to G. <ets>berg</ets> mountain, Goth. <ets>bairgahei</ets> hill, hilly country, and perh. to Skr. <ets>b<?/hant</ets> high, OIr. <ets>brigh</ets> mountain. Cf. <er>Berg</er>, <er>Berry</er> a mound, and <er>Borough</er> an incorporated town.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A large mound of earth or stones over the remains of the dead; a tumulus.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A heap of rubbish, attle, etc.</def>

<h1>Barrowist</h1> <Xpage=121>

<hw>Bar"row*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>A follower of Henry Barrowe, one of the founders of Independency or Congregationalism in England. Barrowe was executed for nonconformity in 1953.</def>

<h1>Barrulet</h1> <Xpage=121>

<hw>Bar"ru*let</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Dim. of <ets>bar</ets>, n.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>A diminutive of the bar, having one fourth its width.</def>

<h1>Barruly</h1> <Xpage=121>

<hw>Bar"ru*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Traversed by barrulets or small bars; -- said of the field.</def>

<h1>Barry</h1> <Xpage=121>

<hw>Bar"ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Her.)</fld><def>, Divided into bars; -- said of the field.</def>

<h1>Barse</h1> <Xpage=121>

<hw>Barse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>bears</ets>, <ets>b\'91rs</ets>, akin to D. <ets>baars</ets>, G. <ets>bars</ets>, <ets>barsch</ets>. Cf. 1st <er>Bass</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>The common perch. See 1st <er>Bass</er>.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Bartender</h1> <Xpage=121>

<hw>Bar"tend`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A barkeeper.</def>

<h1>Barter</h1> <Xpage=121>

<hw>Bar"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bartered</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bartering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>bartren</ets>, OF. <ets>barater</ets>, <ets>bareter</ets>, to cheat, exchange, perh. fr. Gr. <ets><?/</ets> to do, deal (well or ill), use practices or tricks, or perh. fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. <ets>brath</ets> treachery, W. <ets>brad</ets>. Cf. <er>Barrator</er>.]</ety> <def>To traffic or trade, by exchanging one commodity for another, in distinction from a <i>sale</i> and <i>purchase</i>, in which money is paid for the commodities transferred; to truck.</def>

<h1>Barter</h1> <Xpage=121>

<hw>Bar"ter</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To trade or exchange in the way of barter; to exchange (frequently for an unworthy consideration); to traffic; to truck; -- sometimes followed by <i>away</i>; <as>as, to <ex>barter</ex> away goods or honor</as>.</def>

<h1>Barter</h1> <Xpage=121>

<hw>Bar"ter</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or practice of trafficking by exchange of commodities; an exchange of goods.</def>

<blockquote>The spirit of huckstering and <b>barter</b>. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The thing given in exchange.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Exchange; dealing; traffic; trade; truck.</syn>

<h1>Barterer</h1> <Xpage=121>