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Any railing that divides a room, or office, or hall of assembly, in order to reserve a space for those having special privileges; as, the bar of the House of Commons.

A large boat used by flag officers.

Formerly, a local judge among miners; now, an officer of the barmote. [Eng.]

Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt.

An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court. Mozley & W.

rranged for bathing. Among the ancients, the public baths were of amazing extent and magnificence. Gwilt.

A horse which carries an officer's baggage during a campaign.

Extra pay; esp. an extra allowance to an English officer serving in India. Whitworth.

An officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students. [Eng.]

Office or jurisdiction of a beadle.

chamber for a bed; an apartment form sleeping in. Shak. Lords of the bedchamber, eight officers of the royal household, all of noble families, who wait in turn a week each. [Eng.] -- Ladies of the bedchamber, eight ladies, all titled, holding a similar official position in the royal household, during the reign of a qu…

To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure. The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. Gen. iii. 13.

Favorable; beneficent. Milton.

Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession. A feudatory or beneficiary king of England. Bacon.

Beneficent. [Obs.]

Beneficence; liberality. [Obs.] Webster (1623).

A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside.

In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a church edifice, in which the bread for the eucharist is made. Audsley.

achery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed the city. Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men. Matt. xvii. 22.

se, fitness, acceptableness, safety, or in any other respect. To obey is better than sacrifice. 1 Sam. xv. 22. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes. Ps. cxviii. 9.