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EMBARRASS v. 4 definitions
s or confuses mental action; to perplex; to discompose; to disconcert; as, laughter may embarrass an orator.
EMBARRASSMENT n. 2 definitions
A state of being embarrassed; perplexity; impediment to freedom of action; entanglement; hindrance; confusion or discomposure of mind, as from not knowing what to do or to say; disconcertedness. The embarrassment which inexperienced minds have often to express themselves upon paper. W. Irving. The embarrassments tom co…
EYEBAR n.
A bar with an eye at one or both ends.
FIREBARE n.
A beacon. [Obs.] Burrill.
GABARAGE n.
A kind of coarse cloth for packing goods. [Obs.]
GABARDINE; GABERDINE n.
A coarse frock or loose upper garment formerly worn by Jews; a mean dress. Shak.
GIBARO n.
The offspring of a Spaniard and an Indian; a Spanish-Indian mestizo. [Sp. Amer.]
GIBBARTAS n.
veral finback whales of the North Atlantic; -- called also Jupiter whale. [Written also jubartas, gubertas, dubertus.]
GLOBARD n.
A glowworm. {Obs.] Holland.
GLOWBARD n.
The glowworm. [Obs.]
HANDBARROW n.
A frame or barrow, without a wheel, carried by hand.
HERBAR n.
An herb. [Obs.] Spenser.
HERBARIAN n.
A herbalist.
HERBARIST n.
A herbalist. [Obs.]
HERBARIUM n. 2 definitions
A collection of dried specimens of plants, systematically arranged. Gray.
HERBARIZE v.
See Herborize.
HERBARY n.
A garden of herbs; a cottage garden. T. Warton.
HYDROBAROMETER n.
An instrument for determining the depth of the sea water by its pressure.
ILIOLUMBAR a.
Pertaining to the iliac and lumbar regions; as, the iliolumbar artery.
IMBAR v.
To bar in; to secure. [Obs.] To imbar their crooked titles. Shak.
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