Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter B - Page 14
Barracouta (n.) (Zool.) A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia and New Zealand ({Thyrsites atun).
Barracouta (n.) A large marine food fish common on the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa [syn: barracouta, snoek].
Compare: Snoek
Snoek (n.) A large marine food fish common on the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa [syn: barracouta, snoek].
Barrage (n.) (Engin.) 彈幕；阻攔；阻塞；齊射式攻擊；猛烈的攻擊 An artificial bar or obstruction placed in a river or water course to increase the depth of water; as, the barrages of the Nile.
Barrage (n.) The rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written); "a barrage of questions"; "a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake" [syn: barrage, bombardment, outpouring, onslaught].
Barrage (n.) The heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours without pausing" [syn: barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling].
Barrage (v.) 以密集火力攻擊（或阻擊） Address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage; "The speaker was barraged by an angry audience"; "The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer" [syn: bombard, barrage].
Barrage (n.) (Attack) [ C usually singular ] 掩護炮火，阻擊火網 The action of continuously firing large guns to protect soldiers advancing on an enemy.
// An artillery barrage.
A barrage of sth 連珠發炮的（投訴、批評或質問），接二連三的… A great number of complaints, criticisms, or questions suddenly directed at someone.
// The TV station has received a barrage of complaints about the amount of violence in the series.
// He faced a barrage of questions over his handling of the problem.
Barrage (n.) (Structure) [C] 堰；攔河壩；攔潮壩 A structure that is built across a river to provide water for farming, to produce electricity, or to allow boats to travel more easily.
// The proposed tidal barrage would generate enough electricity to supply 80,000 homes.
Barranca (n.) [Sp.] 峽谷；深溝；火山瀨 A ravine caused by heavy rains or a watercourse. [Texas & N. Mex.]
Barras (n.) [F.] A resin, called also galipot.
Barrator (n.) 【律】因疏忽或欺騙而使船主遭受損失的船長或船員；訴訟教唆犯；買賣聖職或官位者 One guilty of barratry.
Barrator (n.) Someone guilty of barratry [syn: barrator, barrater].
Barrator (n.), crimes. One who has been guilty of the offence of barratry.
Barratrous (a.) (Law) Tainted with, or constituting, barratry. -- Barratrously (adv.) -- Kent.
Barratry (n.) (Law) （舊義）教會或政府職位的買賣；慣訟之罪；（海法）因過失使船主產生損失的海員 The practice of exciting and encouraging lawsuits and quarrels. [Also spelt barretry.] -- Coke. Blackstone.
Barratry (n.) (Mar. Law) A fraudulent breach of duty or willful act of known illegality on the part of a master of a ship, in his character of master, or of the mariners, to the injury of the owner of the ship or cargo, and without his consent. It includes every breach of trust committed with dishonest purpose, as by running away with the ship, sinking or deserting her, etc., or by embezzling the cargo. -- Kent. -- Park.
Barratry (n.) (Scots Law) The crime of a judge who is influenced by bribery in pronouncing judgment. -- Wharton.
Barratry (n.) Traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments [syn: simony, barratry].
Barratry (n.) The crime of a judge whose judgment is influenced by bribery.
Barratry (n.) (Maritime law) A fraudulent breach of duty by the master of a ship that injures the owner of the ship or its cargo; includes every breach of trust such as stealing or sinking or deserting the ship or embezzling the cargo.
Barratry (n.) The offense of vexatiously persisting in inciting lawsuits and quarrels.
Barratry. () Crimes. In old law French barat, baraterie, signifying robbery, deceit, fraud. In modern usage it may be defined as the habitual moving, exciting, and maintaining suits and quarrels, either at law or otherwise. 1 Inst. 368; 1 Hawk. 243.
Barratry, () A man cannot be indicted as a common barrator in respect of any number of false and groundless actions brought in his own right, nor for a single act in right of another; for that would not make him a common barrator.
Barratry. () Barratry, in this sense, is different from maintenance (q. v.) and champerty. (q. v.).
Barratry. () An attorney cannot be indicted for this crime, merely for maintaining another in a groundless action. Vide 15 Mass. R. 229 1 Bailey's R. 379; 11 Pick. R. 432; 13 Pick. R. 362; 9 Cowen, R. 587; Bac. Ab. h. t.; Hawk. P. C. B. 1, c. 21; Roll. Ab. 335; Co. Litt. 368; 3 Inst. 175.
Barratry. () Maritime law, crimes. A fraudulent act of the master or mariners, committed contrary to their duty as such, to the prejudice of the owners of the ship. Emer. tom. 1, p. 366; Merlin, Repert. h. t.; Roccus, h. t.; 2 Marsh. Insur. 515; 8 East, R. 138, 139. As to what will amount to barratry, see Abbott on Shipp. 167, n. 1; 2 Wash. C. C. R. 61; 9 East, R. 126; 1 Str. 581; 2 Ld. Raym. 1349; 1 Term R. 127; 6 Id. 379; 8 Id. 320; 2 Cain. R. 67, 222; 3 Cain. R. 1; 1 John. R. 229; 8 John. R. 209, n. 2d edit.; 5 Day. R. 1; 11 John. R. 40; 13 John. R, 451; 2 Binn. R. 274; 2 Dall. R. 137; 8 Cran. R. 39; 3 Wheat. R. 168; 4 Dall. R. 294; 1 Yeates, 114.
Barratry. () The act of Congress of April, 30, 1790, s. 8, 1 Story's Laws U. S. 84, punishes with death as piracy, "any captain or mariner of any ship or other vessel who shall piratically and feloniously run away with such ship or vessel, or any goods or merchandize to the value of fifty dollars; or yield up such ship or vessel to any pirate or if any such seamen shall lay violent hands upon his commander, thereby to binder or prevent his fighting in defence of his ship, or goods, committed to his trust, or shall make a revolt in the said ship."
Barred owl () (Zool.) A large American owl (Syrnium nebulosum); -- so called from the transverse bars of a dark brown color on the breast.
Barred owl (n.) Large owl of eastern North America having its breast and abdomen streaked with brown [syn: barred owl, Strix varia].
Barrel (n.) A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads; as, a cracker barrel. Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.
Barrel (n.) The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 311/2 gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds.
Barrel (n.) A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case; as, the barrel of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled.
Barrel (n.) A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged. -- Knight.
Barrel (n.) A jar. [Obs.] -- 1 Kings xvii. 12.
Barrel (n.) (Zool.) The hollow basal part of a feather.
Barrel bulk (Com.), A measure equal to five cubic feet, used in estimating capacity, as of a vessel for freight.
Barrel drain (Arch.), A drain in the form of a cylindrical tube.
Barrel of a boiler, The cylindrical part of a boiler, containing the flues.
Barrel of the ear (Anat.), The tympanum, or tympanic cavity.
Barrel organ, An instrument for producing music by the action of a revolving cylinder.
Barrel vault. See under Vault.
Barreled (imp. & p. p.) of Barrel
Barrelled () of Barrel
Barreling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Barrel
Barrelling () of Barrel
Barrel (v. t.) To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.
Barrel (n.) A tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired [syn: barrel, gun barrel].
Barrel (n.) A cylindrical container that holds liquids [syn: barrel, cask].
Barrel (n.) A bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends [syn: barrel, drum].
Barrel (n.) The quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold [syn: barrel, barrelful].
Barrel (n.) Any of various units of capacity; "a barrel of beer is 31 gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons" [syn: barrel, bbl].
Barrel (v.) Put in barrels.
Barrel, () A vessel used for keeping flour (1 Kings 17:12, 14, 16). The same word (cad) so rendered is also translated "pitcher," a vessel for carrying water (Gen. 24:14; Judg. 7:16).
BARREL. () A measure of capacity, equal to thirty-six gallons.
Barreled (a.) Alt. of Barrelled
Barrelled (a.) Having a barrel; -- used in composition; as, a double-barreled gun.
Barrelled (a.) Put in or stored in a barrel;; as, barreled beer; -- opposite of unbarreled.
Barrelled (a.) Tapered toward both ends; -- of an arrow.
Barreled (a.) Put in or stored in a barrel; "barreled beer" [syn: barreled, barrelled] [ant: unbarreled, unbarrelled].
Barreled (a.) (Of an arrow) Tapered toward both ends [syn: barreled, barrelled].
Barren (a.) 不生育的，不妊的；（植物）不結果實的；（土地等）貧瘠的，荒蕪的，不毛的 Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals.
She was barren of children. -- Bp. Hall.
Barren (a.) Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; sterile. "Barren mountain tracts." -- Macaulay.
Barren (a.) Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.
Brilliant but barren reveries. -- Prescott.
Some schemes will appear barren of hints and matter. -- Swift.
Barren (a.) Mentally dull; stupid. -- Shak.
Barren flower, A flower which has only stamens without a pistil, or which has neither stamens nor pistils.
Barren Grounds (Geog.), A vast tract in British America northward of the forest regions.
Barren Ground bear (Zool.), A peculiar bear, inhabiting the Barren Grounds, now believed to be a variety of the brown bear of Europe.
Barren Ground caribou (Zool.), A small reindeer ({Rangifer Gr[oe]nlandicus) peculiar to the Barren Grounds and Greenland.
Barren (n.) （一塊）瘠地 [C]；荒漠 [P] A tract of barren land.
Barren (n.) (pl.) Elevated lands or plains on which grow small trees, but not timber; as, pine barrens; oak barrens. They are not necessarily sterile, and are often fertile. [Amer.] -- J. Pickering.
Barren (a.) Providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape" [syn: bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark].
Barren (a.) Not bearing offspring; "a barren woman"; "learned early in his marriage that he was sterile".
Barren (a.) Completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning" [syn: barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent].
Barren (n.) An uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert" [syn: barren, waste, wasteland].
Barrenly (adv.) Unfruitfully; unproductively.
Barrenness (n.) The condition of being barren; sterility; unproductiveness.
A total barrenness of invention. -- Dryden.
Barrenness (n.) The state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children.
Barrenness (n.) The quality of yielding nothing of value [syn: fruitlessness, aridity, barrenness] [ant: fecundity, fruitfulness].
Barrenwort (n.) (Bot.) An herbaceous plant of the Barberry family (Epimedium alpinum), having leaves that are bitter and said to be sudorific.
Barrenwort (n.) Slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stems; used as ground cover [syn: barrenwort, bishop's hat, Epimedium grandiflorum].
Barret (n.) A kind of cap formerly worn by soldiers; -- called also barret cap. Also, the flat cap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics.
Barricade (n.) [C] (Mil.) 路障，街壘；柵欄，擋牆，障礙物；爭論之處，鬥爭領域 [P] A fortification, made in haste, of trees, earth, palisades, wagons, or anything that will obstruct the progress or attack of an enemy. It is usually an obstruction formed in streets to block an enemy's access.
Barricade (n.) Any bar, obstruction, or means of defense.
Such a barricade as would greatly annoy, or absolutely stop, the currents of the atmosphere. -- Derham.
Barricaded (imp. & p. p.) of Barricade
Barricading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Barricade
Barricade (v. t.) . 在……設置路障；築柵防禦；阻塞，擋住 To fortify or close with a barricade or with barricades; to stop up, as a passage; to obstruct; as, the workmen barricaded the streets of Paris.
The further end whereof [a bridge] was barricaded with barrels. -- Hakluyt.
Barricade (n.) A barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc. [syn: roadblock, barricade]
Barricade (n.) A barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy; "they stormed the barricade"
Barricade (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].
Barricade (v.) Prevent access to by barricading; "The street where the President lives is always barricaded".
Barricade (v.) Block off with barricades [syn: barricade, barricado].
Barricader (n.) One who constructs barricades.
Barricader (n.) (pl. Barricaders) A person who mans a barricade.
Barricado (n. & v. t.) See Barricade.
Barrier (n.) (Fort.) [C] 障礙物；路障，柵欄；障礙，阻礙 [（+to）]；界線 [（+between）] A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy.
Barrier (n.) A fortress or fortified town, on the frontier of a country, commanding an avenue of approach.
Barrier (n.) (pl.) A fence or railing to mark the limits of a place, or to keep back a crowd.
No sooner were the barriers opened, than he paced into the lists. -- Sir W. Scott.
Barrier (n.) Any obstruction; anything which hinders approach or attack. "Constitutional barriers." -- Hopkinson.
Barrier (n.) Any limit or boundary; a line of separation.
'Twixt that [instinct] and reason, what a nice barrier! -- Pope.
Barrier gate, A heavy gate to close the opening through a barrier.
Barrier reef, A form of coral reef which runs in the general direction of the shore, and incloses a lagoon channel more or less extensive.
To fight at barriers, To fight with a barrier between, as a martial exercise. [Obs.]
Barrier (n.) A structure or object that impedes free movement.
Barrier (n.) Any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective; "intolerance is a barrier to understanding" [syn: barrier, roadblock].
Barrier (n.) Anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access.
Barrigudo (n.) (Zool.) A large, dark-colored, South American monkey, of the genus Lagothrix, having a long prehensile tail.
Barringout (n.) The act of closing the doors of a schoolroom against a schoolmaster; -- a boyish mode of rebellion in schools. -- Swift.
Barrister (n.) [C] （英國有資格在任何法庭作辯護的）專門律師，出庭律師；【美】律師 Counselor at law; a counsel admitted to plead at the bar, and undertake the public trial of causes, as distinguished from an attorney or solicitor. See {Attorney}. [Eng.]
Barrister (n.) A British or Canadian lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law on behalf of either the defense or prosecution.
Barrister (n.), English law. A counsellor admitted to plead at the bar.
Barrister (n.) Ouster barrister, is one who pleads ouster or without the bar.
Barrister (n.) Inner barrister, a sergeant or king's counsel who pleads within the bar.
Barrister (n.) Vacation barrister, a counsellor newly called to the bar, who is to attend for several long vacations the exercise of the house.
Barrister (n.) Barristers are called apprentices, apprentitii ad legem, being looked upon as learners, and not qualified until they obtain the degree of sergeant. Edmund Plowden, the author of the Commentaries, a volume of elaborate reports in the reigns of Edward VI., Mary, Philip and Mary, and Elizabeth, describes himself as an apprentice of the common law.
Barroom (n.) A room containing a bar or counter at which liquors are sold.
Barroom (n.) A commercial establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
Syn: bar-room, bar, saloon, ginmill, taproom.
Barroom (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].
Barrow (n.) A support having handles, and with or without a wheel, on which heavy or bulky things can be transported by hand. See Handbarrow, and Wheelbarrow.
Barrow (n.) (Salt works) A wicker case, in which salt is put to drain.
Barrow (n.) A hog, esp. a male hog castrated. -- Holland.
Barrow (n.) A large mound of earth or stones over the remains of the dead; a tumulus.
Barrow (n.) (Mining) A heap of rubbish, attle, etc.
Barrow (n.) The quantity that a barrow will hold [syn: barrow, barrowful].
Barrow (n.) (Archeology) A heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs [syn: burial mound, grave mound, barrow, tumulus].
Barrow (n.) A cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels [syn: barrow, garden cart, lawn cart, wheelbarrow].
Barrow -- U.S. County in Georgia
Population (2000): 46144
Housing Units (2000): 17304
Land area (2000): 162.170535 sq. miles (420.019739 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.669861 sq. miles (1.734931 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 162.840396 sq. miles (421.754670 sq. km)
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 33.994618 N, 83.721626 W
Headwords:
Barrow
Barrow, GA
Barrow County
Barrow County, GA
Barrow, AK -- U.S. city in Alaska
Population (2000): 4581
Housing Units (2000): 1620
Land area (2000): 18.396982 sq. miles (47.647963 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 2.929036 sq. miles (7.586167 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 21.326018 sq. miles (55.234130 sq. km)
FIPS code: 05200
Located within: Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
Location: 71.300371 N, 156.735840 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 99723
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Barrow, AK
Barrow
Barrowist (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Henry Barrowe, one of the founders of Independency or Congregationalism in England. Barrowe was executed for nonconformity in 1953.
Barrulet (n.) (Her.) A diminutive of the bar, having one fourth its width.
Barruly (a.) (Her.) Traversed by barrulets or small bars; -- said of the field.
Barry (a.) (Her.) Divided into bars; -- said of the field.
Barry -- U.S. County in Michigan
Population (2000): 56755
Housing Units (2000): 23876
Land area (2000): 556.135033 sq. miles (1440.383061 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 20.767240 sq. miles (53.786902 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 576.902273 sq. miles (1494.169963 sq. km)
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 42.607468 N, 85.317653 W
Headwords:
Barry
Barry, MI
Barry County
Barry County, MI
Barry -- U.S. County in Missouri
Population (2000): 34010
Housing Units (2000): 15964
Land area (2000): 779.063447 sq. miles (2017.764979 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 11.830703 sq. miles (30.641378 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 790.894150 sq. miles (2048.406357 sq. km)
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 36.700136 N, 93.831759 W
Headwords:
Barry
Barry, MO
Barry County
Barry County, MO
Barry, IL -- U.S. city in Illinois
Population (2000): 1368
Housing Units (2000): 623
Land area (2000): 1.141860 sq. miles (2.957404 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.141860 sq. miles (2.957404 sq. km)
FIPS code: 03948
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 39.694756 N, 91.040957 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 62312
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Headwords:
Barry, IL
Barry
Barry, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 209
Housing Units (2000): 86
Land area (2000): 0.447372 sq. miles (1.158689 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.447372 sq. miles (1.158689 sq. km)
FIPS code: 05708
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 32.098806 N, 96.636936 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 75102
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Headwords:
Barry, TX
Barry
Barry, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 25
Housing Units (2000): 17
Land area (2000): 0.246844 sq. miles (0.639322 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.246844 sq. miles (0.639322 sq. km)
FIPS code: 03718
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 45.559191 N, 96.560052 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 56210
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Barry, MN
Barry
Barse (n.) The common perch. See 1st Bass. [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
Bartender (n.) A barkeeper.
Bartered (imp. & p. p.) of Barter
Bartering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Barter
Barter (v. i.) 作物物交換，進行易貨貿易 [（+for/ with）]；討價還價 [（+with）] To traffic or trade, by exchanging one commodity for another, in distinction from a sale and purchase, in which money is paid for the commodities transferred; to truck.
Barter (v. t.) 以（等價物或勞務）作為交換；拿……進行易貨貿易 [（+for/ with）] To trade or exchange in the way of barter; to exchange (frequently for an unworthy consideration); to traffic; to truck; -- sometimes followed by away; as, to barter away goods or honor.
Barter (n.) 易貨貿易 [U] The act or practice of trafficking by exchange of commodities; an exchange of goods.
The spirit of huckstering and barter. -- Burke.
Barter (n.) The thing given in exchange.
Syn: Exchange; dealing; traffic; trade; truck.
Barter (n.) An equal exchange; "we had no money so we had to live by barter" [syn: barter, swap, swop, trade].
Barter (v.) Exchange goods without involving money.
Barter. () A contract by which the parties exchange goods for goods. To complete the contract the goods must be delivered, for without a delivery, the right of property is not changed.
Barter. () This contract differs from a sale in this, that barter is always of goods for goods, whereas a sale is an exchange of goods for money. In the former there never is a price fixed, in the latter a price is indispensable.
All the differences which may be pointed out between these two contracts, are comprised in this; it is its necessary consequence. When the contract is an exchange of goods on one side, and on the other side the consideration is partly goods and partly money, the contract is not a barter, but a sale. See Price; Sale.
Barter () If an insurance be made upon returns from a country where trade is carried on by barter, the valuation of the goods in return shall be made on the cost of those given in barter, adding all charges. Wesk. on Ins. 42. See 3 Camp. 351 Cowp. 818; 1 Dougl. 24, n.; 1 N. R. 151 Tropl. de l'Echange.
Barterer (n.) One who barters.
Barterer (n.) A trader who exchanges goods and not money
Bartery (n.) Barter. [Obs.] -- Camden.
Barth (n.) [Etymol. unknown.] A place of shelter for cattle. [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
Barth (n.) Swiss Protestant theologian (1886-1968) [syn: Barth, Karl Barth].
Barth (n.) United States novelist (born in 1930) [syn: Barth, John Barth, John Simmons Barth].
Bartholomew tide () Time of the festival of St. Bartholomew, August 24th. -- Shak.
Bartizan (n.) (Arch.) A small, overhanging structure for lookout or defense, usually projecting at an angle of a building or near an entrance gateway.
Bartlett (n.) (Bot.) A Bartlett pear, a favorite kind of pear, which originated in England about 1770, and was called Williams' Bonchretien. It was brought to America, and distributed by Mr. Enoch Bartlett, of Dorchester, Massachusetts.
Bartlett (n.) United States explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946) [syn: Bartlett, Robert Bartlett, Robert Abram Bartlett, Captain Bob].
Bartlett (n.) United States publisher and editor who compiled a book of familiar quotations (1820-1905) [syn: Bartlett, John Bartlett].
Bartlett (n.) Juicy yellow pear [syn: bartlett, bartlett pear].
Bartlett, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000): 128
Housing Units (2000): 68
Land area (2000): 0.141666 sq. miles (0.366912 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.141666 sq. miles (0.366912 sq. km)
FIPS code: 03145
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 41.885125 N, 98.552439 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 68622
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Headwords:
Bartlett, NE
Bartlett
Bartlett, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 36706
Housing Units (2000): 12356
Land area (2000): 14.813648 sq. miles (38.367170 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.144188 sq. miles (0.373444 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 14.957836 sq. miles (38.740614 sq. km)
FIPS code: 04013
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 41.978725 N, 88.196140 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Bartlett, IL
Bartlett
Bartlett, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 124
Housing Units (2000): 47
Land area (2000): 0.130949 sq. miles (0.339157 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.130949 sq. miles (0.339157 sq. km)
FIPS code: 04350
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 37.054922 N, 95.211588 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 67332
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Bartlett, KS
Bartlett
Bartlett, TN -- U.S. city in Tennessee
Population (2000): 40543
Housing Units (2000): 14021
Land area (2000): 19.083568 sq. miles (49.426211 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.006805 sq. miles (0.017625 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 19.090373 sq. miles (49.443836 sq. km)
FIPS code: 03440
Located within: Tennessee (TN), FIPS 47
Location: 35.222990 N, 89.841170 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 38134
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Bartlett, TN
Bartlett
Bartlett, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 1675
Housing Units (2000): 638
Land area (2000): 1.219694 sq. miles (3.158993 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.219694 sq. miles (3.158993 sq. km)
FIPS code: 05732
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 30.795621 N, 97.430680 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 76511
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Bartlett, TX
Bartlett
Barton (n.) The demesne lands of a manor; also, the manor itself. [Eng.] -- Burton.
Barton (n.) A farmyard. [Eng.] -- Southey.
Barton, () Old English law. The demesne land of a manor; a farm distinct from the mansion.
Bartram (n.) (Bot.) See Bertram. -- Johnson.
Barway (n.) A passage into a field or yard, closed by bars made to take out of the posts.
Barwise (adv.) (Her.) Horizontally.
Barwood (n.) A red wood of a leguminous tree ({Baphia nitida), from Angola and the Gaboon in Africa. It is used as a dyewood, and also for ramrods, violin bows and turner's work.
Barycentric (a.) Of or pertaining to the center of gravity. See Barycentric calculus, under Calculus.
Barycentric, () Centre of gravity, mean. (2007-07-10)
Baryphony (n.) (Med.) Difficulty of speech.
Baryta (n.) (Chem.) An oxide of barium (or barytum); a heavy earth with a specific gravity above 4.
Baryta (n.) Any of several compounds of barium
Barytes (n.) (Min.) Barium sulphate, generally called heavy spar or barite. See Barite.
Barytes (n.) A white or colorless mineral (BaSO4); the main source of barium [syn: heavy spar, barite, barytes, barium sulphate].
Barytic (a.) Of or pertaining to baryta.
Barytic (a.) Of or relating to or containing baryta.
Baryto-calcite (n.) (Min.) A mineral of a white or gray color, occurring massive or crystallized. It is a compound of the carbonates of barium and calcium. Barytone
Barytone (a.) Alt. of Baritone
Baritone (a.) (Mus.) 男中音的 Grave and deep, as a kind of male voice.
Baritone (a.) (Greek Gram.) Not marked with an accent on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.
Barytone (n.) Alt. of Baritone
Baritone (n.) (Mus.) 男中音；上低音部；上低音樂器 A male voice, the compass of which partakes of the common bass and the tenor, but which does not descend as low as the one, nor rise as high as the other.
Baritone (n.) (Mus.) A person having a voice of such range.
Baritone (n.) (Mus.) The viola di gamba, now entirely disused.
Baritone (n.) (Greek Gram.) A word which has no accent marked on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.
Barytone (n.) A male singer [syn: baritone, barytone].
Baritone (n.) [ C ] 男中音歌手；上低音號 (A man with) A singing voice that is lower than a tenor but not as low as a bass, or a musical instrument with this range.
Barium (n.) (Chem.) One of the elements, belonging to the alkaline earth group; a metal having a silver-white color, and melting at a very high temperature. It is difficult to obtain the pure metal, from the facility with which it becomes oxidized in the air. Atomic weight, 137. Symbol, Ba. Its oxide called baryta. [Rarely written barytum.]
Note: Some of the compounds of this element are remarkable for their high specific gravity, as the sulphate, called heavy spar, and the like. The oxide was called barote, by Guyton de Morveau, which name was changed by Lavoisier to baryta, whence the name of the metal.
Barytum (n.) [NL.] (Chem.) The metal barium. See Barium. [R.]
Basal (a.) Relating to, or forming, the base.
Basal cleavage. See under Cleavage.
Basal plane (Crystallog.), A plane parallel to the lateral or horizontal axis.
Basal (a.) Especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem; "basal placentation"; "radical leaves" [syn: radical, basal] [ant: cauline].
Basal (a.) Serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats" [syn: basal, base].
Basal (a.) Of primary importance [syn: basal, primary].
Basal-nerved (a.) (Bot.) Having the nerves radiating from the base; -- said of leaves.
Basalt (n.) (Geol.) A rock of igneous origin, consisting of augite and triclinic feldspar, with grains of magnetic or titanic iron, and also bottle-green particles of olivine frequently disseminated.
Note: It is usually of a greenish black color, or of some dull brown shade, or black. It constitutes immense beds in some regions, and also occurs in veins or dikes cutting through other rocks. It has often a prismatic structure as at the Giant's Causeway, in Ireland, where the columns are as regular as if the work of art. It is a very tough and heavy rock, and is one of the best materials for macadamizing roads.
Basalt (n.) An imitation, in pottery, of natural basalt; a kind of black porcelain.
Basalt (n.) The commonest type of solidified lava; a dense dark grey fine-grained igneous rock that is composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene.
Basalt, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
Population (2000): 2681
Housing Units (2000): 1218
Land area (2000): 1.922180 sq. miles (4.978423 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.018520 sq. miles (0.047967 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.940700 sq. miles (5.026390 sq. km)
FIPS code: 04935
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 39.368382 N, 107.038263 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 81621
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Basalt, CO
Basalt
Basalt, ID -- U.S. city in Idaho
Population (2000): 419
Housing Units (2000): 133
Land area (2000): 0.287416 sq. miles (0.744405 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.287416 sq. miles (0.744405 sq. km)
FIPS code: 05230
Located within: Idaho (ID), FIPS 16
Location: 43.314270 N, 112.163571 W
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Basalt, ID
Basalt
Basaltic (a.) Pertaining to basalt; formed of, or containing, basalt; as basaltic lava.
Basaltic (a.) Of or relating to or containing basalt; "basaltic magma is fluid".
Basaltiform (a.) In the form of basalt; columnar.
Basaltoid (a.) Formed like basalt; basaltiform.