Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages). Noah Webster

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СКАЧАТЬ ( Fort.) A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.

       En barbette, In barbette, said of guns when they are elevated so as to fire over the top of a parapet, and not through embrasures. Ð Barbette gun, or Barbette battery,a single gun, or a number of guns, mounted in barbette, or partially protected by a parapet or turret. Ð Barbette carriage, a gun carriage which elevates guns sufficiently to be in barbette. [See Illust. of Casemate.]

       Bar¶biÏcan (?), Bar¶baÏcan(?), n. [OE. barbican, barbecan, F. barbacane, LL. barbacana, barbicana, of uncertain origin: cf. Ar. barbakh aqueduct, sewer. F. barbacane also means, an opening to let out water, loophole.] 1. ( Fort.) A tower or advanced work defending the entrance to a castle or city, as at a gate or bridge. It was often large and strong, having a ditch and drawbridge of its own.

       2. An opening in the wall of a fortress, through which missiles were discharged upon an enemy.

       Bar¶biÏcanÏage (?), Bar¶baÏcanÏage (?),n. [LL. barbicanagium. See Barbican.] Money paid for the support of a barbican. [Obs.]

       Bar¶biÏcel (?), n. [NL. barbicella, dim. of L. barba. See 1st Barb.] (Zo”l.) One of the small hooklike processes on the barbules of feathers.

       ØBar¶biers (?), n. (Med.) A variety of paralysis, peculiar to India and the Malabar coast; Ð considered by many to be the same as beriberi in chronic form.

       BarÏbig¶erÏous (?), a. [L. barba a beard + gerous.] Having a beard; bearded; hairy.

       ØBar¶biÏton (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Mus.) An ancient Greek instrument resembling a lyre.

       Bar·biÏtu¶ric ac¶id (?). (Chem.) A white, crystalline substance, ?, derived

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      from alloxantin, also from malonic acid and urea, and regarded as a substituted urea.

       Bar¶ble (?), n. See Barbel.

       Bar¶boÏtine (?), n. [F.] A paste of clay used in decorating coarse pottery in relief.

       Bar¶bre (?), a. Barbarian. [Obs.]

       Chaucer.

       Bar¶bule (?), n. [L. barbula, fr. barba beard.]

       1. A very minute barb or beard.

       Booth.

       2. (Zo”l.) One of the processes along the edges of the barbs of a feather, by which adjacent barbs interlock. See Feather.

       Bar¶caÏrolle (?), n. [F. barcarolle, fr. It. barcaruola, fr. barca bark, barge.] (Mus.) (a) A popular song or melody sung by Venetian gondoliers. (b) A piece of music composed in imitation of such a song.

       Bar¶con (?), n. [It. barcone, fr. barca a bark.] A vessel for freight; Ð used in Mediterranean.

       Bard (?), n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. W. bardd, Arm. barz, Ir. & Gael. bard, and F. barde.] 1. A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.

       2. Hence: A poet; as, the bard of Avon.

       Bard, Barde (?), n. [F. barde, of doubtful origin.]

       1. A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the pl.]

       2. pl. Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.

       3. (Cookery) A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.

       Bard, v.t. (Cookery) To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.

       Bard¶ed, p.a. [See Bard horse armor.] 1. Accoutered with defensive armor; Ð said of a horse.

       2. (Her.) Wearing rich caparisons.

       Fifteen hundred men … barded and richly trapped.

       Stow.

       Bard¶ic, a. Of or pertaining to bards, or their poetry.

       ½The bardic lays of ancient Greece.¸

       G.P. Marsh.

       Bard¶ish, a. Pertaining to, or written by, a bard or bards. ½Bardish impostures.¸

       Selden.

       Bard¶ism (?), n. The system of bards; the learning and maxims of bards.

       Bard¶ling (?), n. An inferior bard.

       J. Cunningham.

       Bard¶ship, n. The state of being a bard.

       Bare (?), a. [OE. bar, bare, AS. b‘r; akin to D. & G. baar, OHG. par, Icel. berr, Sw. & Dan. bar, OSlav. bos? barefoot, Lith. basas; cf. Skr. bh¾s to shine ?.]

       1. Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.

       2. With head uncovered; bareheaded.

       When once thy foot enters the church, be bare.

       Herbert.

       3. Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.

       Bare in thy guilt, how foul must thou appear !

       Milton.

       4. Plain; simple; unadorned; without polish; bald; meager. ½Uttering bare truth.¸

       Shak.

       5. Destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished or scantily furnished; Ð used with of (rarely with in) before the thing wanting or taken away; as, a room bare of furniture. ½A bare treasury.¸

       Dryden.

       6. Threadbare; much worn.

       It appears by their bare liveries that they live by your bare words.

       Shak.

       7. Mere; alone; unaccompanied by anything else; as, a bare majority. ½The bare necessaries of life.¸

       Addison.

       Nor are men prevailed upon by bare of naked truth.

       South.

       Under bare poles (Naut.), having no sail set.

       Bare, n. 1. Surface; body; substance. [R.]

       You have touched the very bare of naked truth.

       Marston.

       2. (Arch.) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.

       Bare, v.t. [imp. & p.p. Bared(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Baring.] [AS. barian. See Bare, a.] To strip off the covering of; to make bare; as, to bare the breast.

       Bare. Bore; the old preterit of Bear, v.

       Bare¶back· (?), adv. On the bare back of a horse, without using a saddle; as, to ride bareback.

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