Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter B - Page 11
Bar (n.) (Law) The place in court where prisoners are stationed for arraignment, trial, or sentence.
Bar (n.) (Law) The whole body of lawyers licensed in a court or district; the legal profession.
Bar (n.) (Law) A special plea constituting a sufficient answer to plaintiff's action.
Bar (n.) Any tribunal; as, the bar of public opinion; the bar of God.
Bar (n.) A barrier or counter, over which liquors and food are passed to customers; hence, the portion of the room behind the counter where liquors for sale are kept.
Bar (n.) (Her.) An ordinary, like a fess but narrower, occupying only one fifth part of the field.
Bar (n.) A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a bar of color.
Bar (n.) (Mus.) A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures.
Note: A double bar marks the end of a strain or main division of a movement, or of a whole piece of music; in psalmody, it marks the end of a line of poetry. The term bar is very often loosely used for measure, i.e., for such length of music, or of silence, as is included between one bar and the next; as, a passage of eight bars; two bars' rest.
Bar (n.) (Far.) (pl.) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.
Bar (n.) (Far.) (pl.) The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the center of the sole.
Bar (n.) (Mining) A drilling or tamping rod.
Bar (n.) (Mining) A vein or dike crossing a lode.
Bar (n.) (Arch.) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.
Bar (n.) (Arch.) A slender strip of wood which divides and supports the glass of a window; a sash bar.
Bar shoe (Far.), A kind of horseshoe having a bar across the usual opening at the heel, to protect a tender frog from injury.
Bar shot, A double headed shot, consisting of a bar, with a ball or half ball at each end; -- formerly used for destroying the masts or rigging in naval combat.
Bar sinister (Her.), A term popularly but erroneously used for baton, a mark of illegitimacy. See Baton.
Bar tracery (Arch.), Ornamental stonework resembling bars of iron twisted into the forms required.
Blank bar (Law). See Blank.
Case at bar (Law), A case presently before the court; a case under argument.
In bar of, As a sufficient reason against; to prevent.
Matter in bar, or Defence in bar, Any matter which is a final defense in an action.
Plea in bar, A plea which goes to bar or defeat the plaintiff's action absolutely and entirely.
Trial at bar (Eng. Law), A trial before all the judges of one the superior courts of Westminster, or before a quorum representing the full court.
Barred (imp. & p. p.) of Bar
Barring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bar
Bar (v. t.) 閂住；封鎖 [H]；阻塞；阻攔 To fasten with a bar; as, to bar a door or gate.
Bar (v. t.) To restrict or confine, as if by a bar; to hinder; to obstruct; to prevent; to prohibit; as, to bar the entrance of evil; distance bars our intercourse; the statute bars my right; the right is barred by time; a release bars the plaintiff's recovery; -- sometimes with up.
He barely looked the idea in the face, and hastened to bar it in its dungeon. -- Hawthorne.
Bar (n.) To except; to exclude by exception.
Nay, but I bar to-night: you shall not gauge me By what we do to-night. -- Shak.
Bar (n.) To cross with one or more stripes or lines.
For the sake of distinguishing the feet more clearly, I have barred them singly. -- Burney.
Bar (n.) A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar" [syn: barroom, bar, saloon, ginmill, taproom].
Bar (n.) A counter where you can obtain food or drink; "he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar".
Bar (n.) A rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon; "there were bars in the windows to prevent escape".
Bar (n.) Musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats; "the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song" [syn: measure, bar].
Bar (n.) An obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal; "it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar".
Bar (n.) The act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza" [syn: prevention, bar].
Bar (n.) (Meteorology) A unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter; "unfortunately some writers have used bar for one dyne per square centimeter".
Bar (n.) A submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore; "the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river".
Bar (n.) The body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction; "he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey" [syn: legal profession, bar, legal community].
Bar (n.) A narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background; "a green toad with small black stripes or bars"; "may the Stars and Stripes forever wave" [syn: stripe, streak, bar].
Bar (n.) A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax); "a bar of chocolate" [syn: cake, bar].
Bar (n.) A portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War [syn: Browning automatic rifle, BAR].
Bar (n.) A horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises.
Bar (n.) A heating element in an electric fire; "an electric fire with three bars".
Bar (n.) (Law) A railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried; "spectators were not allowed past the bar".
Bar (v.) Prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club" [syn: bar, debar, exclude].
Bar (v.) Render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road" [syn: barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar].
Bar (v.) Expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country" [syn: banish, relegate, bar].
Bar (v.) Secure with, or as if with, bars; "He barred the door" [ant: unbar].
Bar (prep.) (British) 除……外 Except for.
‘His kids were all gone now, bar one.’
Bar (prep.) (British) (Horse Racing) Except the horses indicated (used when stating the odds).
Barb (n.) Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
Compare: Beard
Beard (n.) [C] （下巴上的）鬍鬚，山羊鬍；（動物的）頜毛；（植物的）芒 A growth of hair on the chin and lower cheeks of a man's face.
‘He had a black beard.’
[Mass noun] ‘Three days' growth of beard.’
Beard (n.) A tuft of hair on the chin of certain mammals, for example a lion or goat.
Beard (n.) An animal's growth or marking that is likened to a beard, for example the gills of an oyster, or the beak bristles of certain birds.
Beard (n.) A tuft of hairs or bristles on certain plants, especially the awn of a grass.
Beard (n.) [U S informal] A person who carries out a transaction, typically a bet, for someone else in order to conceal the other's identity.
‘The beard permitted the manipulator to protect the odds.’
Beard (n.) [North American informal] A woman who accompanies a homosexual man as an escort to a social occasion, in order to help conceal his homosexuality.
‘The closeted male and his female ‘beard’’.
Beard (v.) [With object] 公然反對，與……對抗；抓……的鬍鬚 Boldly confront or challenge (someone formidable).
‘He was afraid to beard the sultan himself.’
Barb (n.) A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.
Compare: Muffler
Muffler (n.) 圍巾；面紗；厚手套 A wrap or scarf worn around the neck and face for warmth.
Muffler (n.) A device used to deaden the sound of a drum, bell, piano, or other instrument.
Muffler (n.) [North American] 消音器 A device fixed to the exhaust of a motor vehicle to reduce engine noise; a silencer.
Compare: Silencer
Silencer (n.) (British) 使沉默的人物（或事物）；消音器 A device fixed to the exhaust of a motor vehicle to reduce engine noise.
(North American term) Muffler (sense 2)
Silencer (n.) A device used to reduce the sound of a gun as it is fired.
Barb (n.) Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen.
Compare: Submaxillary
Submaxillary (n.) (pl. Submaxillaries) 下顎；下顎骨；頜下腺 An anatomical part, such as a gland or nerve, that is situated beneath the maxilla.
Compare: Maxilla
Maxilla (n.) [Anatomy Zoology] 【解】頜；上頜；上頜骨；（昆蟲的）下顎；【動】小顎 The jaw or jawbone, specifically the upper jaw in most vertebrates. In humans it also forms part of the nose and eye socket.
Maxilla (n.) (In many arthropods) Each of a pair of mouthparts used in chewing.
Compare: Arthropod
Arthropod (n.) (Zoology) 節肢動物 An invertebrate animal of the large phylum Arthropoda, such as an insect, spider, or crustacean.
Compare: Arthropoda
Arthropoda (n. pl.) (Zoology)【生】節肢動物門 A large phylum of invertebrate animals that includes insects, spiders, crustaceans, and their relatives. They have a segmented body, an external skeleton, and jointed limbs, and are sometimes placed in different phyla.
Compare: Crustacean
Crustacean (n.) (Zoology) 甲殼綱動物 An arthropod of the large, mainly aquatic group Crustacea, such as a crab, lobster, shrimp, or barnacle.
Crustacean (a.) (Zoology) 甲殼綱的 Relating to or denoting crustaceans.
Submaxillary (a.) 下顎的；頜下腺的；下顎骨的 Relating to the lower jaw (= the bone in the part of the face that moves when the mouth is opened).
// Submaxillary glands.
Barb (n.) [C]（箭頭、魚鉤等的）倒鉤；帶刺的話 The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
Barb (n.) A bit for a horse.
Barb (n.) One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane. See Feather.
Barb (n.) A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also improperly called whiting.
Barb (n.) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
Barbed (imp. & p. p.) of Barb
Barbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Barb
Barb (v. t.) To shave or dress the beard of.
Barb (v. t.) To clip; to mow.
Barb (v. t.) 在……裝倒鉤 To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
Barb (n.) The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
Barb (n.) A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
Barb (n.) Armor for a horse. Same as 2d Bard, n., 1.
Barbacan (n.) See Barbican.
Barbican, Barbacan (n.) (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.
Barbican, Barbacan (n.) 【建】外堡，望樓，樓堡，橋頭堡 An opening in the wall of a fortress, through which missiles were discharged upon an enemy. Barbicanage
Barbicanage (n.) (Uncountable) (Obsolete) Money paid for the support of a barbican.
Barbacan (n.) A tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle) [syn: barbican, barbacan].
Barbacanage (n.) See Barbicanage.
Barbadian (a.) （南美洲巴貝多國的）巴貝多人 Of or pertaining to Barbados. -- n. A native of Barbados. Barbados
Barbadian (n.) A native of Barbados.
Barbadian (a.) Of or relating to or characteristic of Barbados or its inhabitants; "a Barbadian vacation".
Barbadian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Barbados.
Barbados (n.) Alt. of Barbadoes
Barbadoes (n.) A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc.
Barbara (n.) The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent the various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose three propositions are universal affirmatives.
Barbaresque (a.) Barbaric in form or style; as, barbaresque architecture.
Barbarian (n.) A foreigner. [Historical]
Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me. -- 1 Cor. xiv. 11.
Barbarian (n.) [C] 野蠻人，未開化的人；粗野的人；殘暴的人；無教養的人 A man in a rule, savage, or uncivilized state.
Barbarian (n.) A person destitute of culture. -- M. Arnold.
Barbarian (n.) A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or humanity. "Thou fell barbarian." -- Philips.
Barbarian (a.) 野蠻人的，未開化的；粗野的，殘暴的，野蠻的；無教養的，不文明的 Of, or pertaining to, or resembling, barbarians; rude; uncivilized; barbarous; as, barbarian governments or nations.
Barbarian (a.) Without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes" [syn: barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild].
Barbarian (n.) A member of an uncivilized people [syn: savage, barbarian].
Barbarian (n.) A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement [syn: peasant, barbarian, boor, churl, Goth, tyke, tike].
Barbaric (a.) 野蠻的；粗野的半開化的；半開化部落民的；野蠻的；粗野的；不知節制的 Of, or from, barbarian nations; foreign; -- often with reference to barbarous nations of east. "Barbaric pearl and gold." -- Milton.
Barbaric (a.) Of or pertaining to, or resembling, an uncivilized person or people; barbarous; barbarian; destitute of refinement. "Wild, barbaric music." -- Sir W. Scott.
Barbaric (a.) Without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes" [syn: barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild].
Barbaric (a.) Unrestrained and crudely rich; "barbaric use of color or ornament".
Barbarism (n.) 未開化狀態；野蠻落後；粗俗，粗野 An uncivilized state or condition; rudeness of manners; ignorance of arts, learning, and literature; barbarousness. -- Prescott.
Barbarism (n.) A barbarous, cruel, or brutal action; an outrage.
A heinous barbarism . . . against the honor of marriage. -- Milton.
Barbarism (n.) An offense against purity of style or language; any form of speech contrary to the pure idioms of a particular language. See Solecism.
The Greeks were the first that branded a foreign term in any of their writers with the odious name of barbarism. -- G. Campbell.
Barbarism (n.) A brutal barbarous savage act [syn: brutality, barbarity, barbarism, savagery].
Barbarities (n. pl. ) of Barbarity
Barbarity (n.) 野蠻；殘暴，暴行；粗野 The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.
Barbarity (n.) Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity.
Treating Christians with a barbarity which would have shocked the very Moslem. -- Macaulay.
Barbarity (n.) A barbarous or cruel act.
Barbarity (n.) Barbarism; impurity of speech. [Obs.] -- Swift.
Barbarity (n.) The quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane [syn: atrocity, atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousness].
Barbarity (n.) A brutal barbarous savage act [syn: brutality, barbarity, barbarism, savagery].
Barbarized (imp. & p. p.) of Barbarize
Barbarizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Barbarize
Barbarize (v. t.) 使野蠻；使粗野 To make barbarous.
The hideous changes which have barbarized France. -- Burke.
Barbarize (v. i.) 變野蠻；變粗野 To become barbarous.
The Roman empire was barbarizing rapidly from the time of Trajan. -- De Quincey.
Barbarize (v. i.) To adopt a foreign or barbarous mode of speech.
The ill habit . . . of wretched barbarizing against the Latin and Greek idiom, with their untutored Anglicisms. -- Milton.
Barbarize (v.) Become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language [syn: barbarize, barbarise].
Barbarize (v.) Make crude or savage in behavior or speech; "his years in prison have barbarized the young man" [syn: barbarize, barbarise].
Barbarous (a.) 野蠻的，未開化的，原始的；殘暴的，禽獸般的；粗野的；無教養的；無文化的 Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country.
Barbarous (a.) Foreign; adapted to a barbaric taste. [Obs.]
Barbarous gold. -- Dryden.
Barbarous (a.) Cruel; ferocious; inhuman; merciless.
By their barbarous usage he died within a few days, to the grief of all that knew him. -- Clarendon.
Barbarous (a.) Contrary to the pure idioms of a language.
A barbarous expression -- G. Campbell.
Syn: Uncivilized; unlettered; uncultivated; untutored; ignorant; merciless; brutal. See Ferocious.
Barbarous (a.) (Of persons or their actions) Able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks" [syn: barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious].
Barbarous (a.) Primitive in customs and culture.
Barbarously (adv.) 野蠻地；粗野地；無教養地 In a barbarous manner.
Barbarously (adv.) In a barbarous manner; "they were barbarously murdered".
Barbarousness (n.) 野蠻；下流 The quality or state of being barbarous; barbarity; barbarism.
Barbarousness (n.) The quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane [syn: atrocity, atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousness].
Barbary (n.) 巴巴利（北非回教地域） The countries on the north coast of Africa from Egypt to the Atlantic. Hence: A Barbary horse; a barb. [Obs.] Also, a kind of pigeon.
Barbary+ape+(Zool.), +an+ape+({Macacus+innuus">Barbary ape (Zool.), An ape ({Macacus innuus) of north Africa and Gibraltar Rock, being the only monkey inhabiting Europe. It is very commonly trained by showmen.
Barbary (n.) A region of northern Africa on the Mediterranean coast between Egypt and Gibraltar; was used as a base for pirates from the 16th to 19th centuries.
Barbastel (n.) (Zool.) A European bat (Barbastellus communis), with hairy lips.
Barbastel (n.) (variants: or Barbastelle ) (pl. - s) A long-eared European bat (Barbastellus barbastellus).
Barbastel (n.) (In British) A type of insectivorous forest bat, Barbastellus communis, native to Europe and known for its hairy lips.
Compare: Bat
Bat (n.) 蝙蝠 [C] A mainly nocturnal mammal capable of sustained flight, with membranous wings that extend between the fingers and limbs.
Compare: Insectivorous
Insectivorous (a.) 食蟲的 (Of an animal) Feeding on insects, worms, and other invertebrates.
Insectivorous (a.) (Of a plant such as the sundew) Able to capture and digest insects.
Compare: Sundew
Sundew (n.)【植】毛氈苔 A small carnivorous plant of boggy places, with rosettes of leaves that bear sticky glandular hairs for trapping insects, which are then digested.
Compare: Nocturnal
Nocturnal (a.) 夜的；夜間發生的；夜間活動的 Done, occurring, or active at night.
‘Most owls are nocturnal.’
Compare: Owl
Owl (n.) 【動】貓頭鷹，鴞裊；常熬夜的人，慣於夜間活動者 A nocturnal bird of prey with large eyes, a facial disc, a hooked beak, and typically a loud hooting call.
Order Strigiformes: families Strigidae (typical owls such as tawny owls and eagle owls) and Tytonidae (barn owls and their relatives)
Owl (n.) [Informal ] A person who habitually goes to bed late and feels energetic in the evening.
Often contrasted with lark
‘Charlie is more of an owl - he likes to stay awake as long as he can at night and to take his time waking in the morning.’
Often contrasted with lark
‘Ideally, people should wake at the same time everyday, but being an owl, you can probably cope quite well when your sleep pattern is disrupted.’
Barbate (a.) (Bot.) 有鬚的；【植】有芒的 Bearded; beset with long and weak hairs. -- Gray.
Barbate (a.) Having hair on the cheeks and chin [syn: bearded, barbate, bewhiskered, whiskered, whiskery].
Barbated (a.) Having barbed points.
Barbecue (n.) [C] 烤肉；烤魚；烤雞；燒烤野餐，吃烤肉的野宴；（在篝火或地灶上烤炙的）烤全牲 A framework of metal or brick, usually with a grill on top, in which a fire is lighted and on which food is cooked, usually outdoors; -- also called a barbecue grill.
Barbecue (n.) A social entertainment, where people assemble, usually in the open air, at which a meal is prepared on a barbecue grill.
Barbecue (n.) A floor, on which coffee beans are sun-dried.
Barbecue (n.) A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast.
Barbecued (imp. & p. p.) of Barbecue
Barbecuing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Barbecue
Barbecue (v. t.) （在戶外）烤，炙（肉類）[O1]；加上佐料烤炙 To dry or cure by exposure on a frame or gridiron.
They use little or no salt, but barbecue their game and fish in the smoke. -- Stedman.
Barbecue (v. t.) To roast or broil whole, as an ox or hog.
Send me, gods, a whole hog barbecued. -- Pope.
Barbecue (n.) Meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce [syn: barbecue, barbeque].
Compare: Grilled
Grilled (a.) (Of food) （在火焰或是燒熱的煤上）燒烤的（食物） Cooked over fire or hot coals, usually on a metal frame.
// Grilled shrimp.
Compare: Grilled
Grilled (a.) (UK US Broiled) (Of food) （在爐具內一塊高溫的平面下）燒烤的（食物） Cooked under a very hot surface in a cooker.
// Do you want your fish pan-fried or grilled?
Barbecue (n.) A cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit [syn: barbecue, barbeque].
Compare: Cookout
Cookout (n.) [North American] 野炊 A party or gathering where a meal is cooked and eaten outdoors.
‘A cookout for the entire town.’
Barbecue (n.) A rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors [syn: barbecue, barbeque]
Barbecue (v.) Cook outdoors on a barbecue grill; "let's barbecue that meat"; "We cooked out in the forest" [syn: barbeque, barbecue, cook out].
Barbed (a.) 有刺的；尖刻的；諷刺的；barb 的動詞過去式、過去分詞 Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed wire.
{Barbed wire}, A wire, or a strand of twisted wires, armed with barbs or sharp points. It is used for fences.
Barbed (a.) Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See {Barded} (which is the proper form.) -- Sir W. Raleigh.
Barbed (a.) Capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire" [syn: {barbed}, {biting}, {nipping}, {pungent}, {mordacious}].
Barbed (a.) Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers" [syn: {barbed}, {barbellate}, {briary}, {briery}, {bristled}, {bristly}, {burred}, {burry}, {prickly}, {setose}, {setaceous}, {spiny}, {thorny}].
Barbel (n.) A slender tactile organ on the lips of certain fished.
Barbel (n.) A large fresh-water fish ( Barbus vulgaris) found in many European rivers. Its upper jaw is furnished with four barbels.
Barbel (n.) Barbs or paps under the tongued of horses and cattle. See 1st Barb, 3.
Barbellate (a.) Having short, stiff hairs, often barbed at the point.
Barbellulate (a.) Barbellate with diminutive hairs or barbs.
Barber (n.) One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to cut and dress the hair of his patrons.
Barbered (imp. & p. p.) of Barber
Barbering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Barber
Barber (v. t.) To shave and dress the beard or hair of.
Barber fish () See Surgeon fish.
Barbermonger (n.) A fop.
Barberry (n.) A shrub of the genus Berberis, common along roadsides and in neglected fields. B. vulgaris is the species best known; its oblong red berries are made into a preserve or sauce, and have been deemed efficacious in fluxes and fevers. The bark dyes a fine yellow, esp. the bark of the root.
Barbet (n.) A variety of small dog, having long curly hair.
Barbet (n.) A bird of the family Bucconidae, allied to the Cuckoos, having a large, conical beak swollen at the base, and bearded with five bunches of stiff bristles; the puff bird. It inhabits tropical America and Africa.
Barbet (n.) A larva that feeds on aphides.
Barbette (n.) A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.
Barbican (n.) Alt. of Barbacan