<hw>Bar"ter*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who barters.</def>
<h1>Bartery</h1> <Xpage=121>
<hw>Bar"ter*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Barter.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Camden.</i>
<h1>Barth</h1> <Xpage=121>
<hw>Barth</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Etymol. unknown.]</ety> <def>A place of shelter for cattle.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>
<i>Halliwell.</i>
<h1>Bartholomew tide</h1> <Xpage=121>
<hw>Bar*thol"o*mew tide`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>Time of the festival of St. Bartholomew, August 24th.</def>
<i>Shak.</i>
<h1>Bartizan</h1> <Xpage=121>
<hw>Bar"ti*zan`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Brettice</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A small, overhanging structure for lookout or defense, usually projecting at an angle of a building or near an entrance gateway.</def>
<h1>Bartlett</h1> <Xpage=121>
<hw>Bart"lett</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A Bartlett pear, a favorite kind of pear, which originated in England about 1770, and was called <i>Williams' Bonchr\'82tien</i>. It was brought to America, and distributed by Mr. Enoch Bartlett, of Dorchester, Massachusetts.</def>
<h1>Barton</h1> <Xpage=121>
<hw>Bar"ton</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>beret<?/n</ets> courtyard, grange; <ets>bere</ets> barley + <ets>t<?/n</ets> an inclosure. ]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The demesne lands of a manor; also, the manor itself.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>
<i>Burton.</i>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>A farmyard.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>
<i>Southey.</i>
<h1>Bartram</h1> <Xpage=121>
<hw>Bar"tram</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Bertram</er>.</def>
<i>Johnson.</i>
<h1>Barway</h1> <Xpage=121>
<hw>Bar"way`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A passage into a field or yard, closed by bars made to take out of the posts.</def>
<h1>Barwise</h1> <Xpage=121>
<hw>Bar"wise`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Horizontally.</def>
<h1>Barwood</h1> <Xpage=121>
<hw>Bar"wood`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A red wood of a leguminous tree (<spn>Baphia nitida</spn>), from Angola and the Gaboon in Africa. It is used as a dyewood, and also for ramrods, violin bows and turner's work.</def>
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