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nd 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. [Also spelt berberry.]

A name given to several species of Salsola from which soda is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and lixiviating the ashes.

The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar sound made by some other animals.

Made of bark. [Poetic] Whittier.

Liquor made from barley; strong ale. [Humorous] [Scot.] Burns.

A tracing, usually made by the barograph, showing graphically the variations of atmospheric pressure for a given time.

It is made in its simplest form by filling a graduated glass tube about 34 inches long with mercury and inverting it in a cup containing mercury. The column of mercury in the tube descends until balanced by the weight of the atmosphere, and its rise or fall under varying conditions is a measure of the change in the atm…

Pertaining to the barometer; made or indicated by a barometer; as, barometric changes; barometrical observations.

A home-made woolen blanket without nap. [Local, New York] Bartlett.

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.

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.

A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy.

A passage into a field or yard, closed by bars made to take out of the posts.

A light helmet, at first open, but later made with a visor. [Written also basinet, bassinet, basnet.]

y natural advantages, from which the operations of an army proceed, forward movements are made, supplies are furnished, etc.

ch a lining that is basic, or not siliceous, is used, and additions of basic material are made to the molten charge during treatment. Opposed to acid process, above. Called also Thomas process.

A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven. "Rude baskets . . . woven of the flexile willow." Dyer.

Tilia) or its wood; especially, T. Americana. See Bass, the lime tree. All the bowls were made of basswood, White and polished very smoothly. Longfellow.

ner fibrous bark of various plants; esp. of the lime tree; hence, matting, cordage, etc., made therefrom.

Originally, cambric or lawn of fine linen; now applied also to cloth of similar texture made of cotton.