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One who keeps or tends a bar for the sale of liquors.

A girl or woman who attends the customers of a bar, as in a tavern or beershop. A bouncing barmaid. W. Irving.

Tending or proceeding away from the base; as, a basifugal growth.

ructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another. Two adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain, which joins the flank of one with the adjacent flank of the other. The distance between the flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette…

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.

To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories. To meet in arms, and battle in the plain. Prior.

ly armed, generally having from ten thousand to fifteen thousand tons displacement, and intended to be fit to meet the heaviest ships in line of battle.

ward side; as, the fleet bore down upon the enemy. -- To bear in with (Naut.), to run or tend toward; as, a ship bears in with the land. -- To bear off (Naut.), to steer away, as from land. -- To bear up. (a) To be supported; to have fortitude; to be firm; not to sink; as, to bear up under afflictions. (b) (Naut.) T…

A man who tends a bear.

Purport; meaning; intended significance; aspect.

to trouble. Why should any one . . . beat his head about the Latin grammar who does not intend to be a critic Locke.

onds to sp. gr. 1.00, and the 30º-point to sp. gr. 0.85. From these points the scale is extended both ways, all the degrees being of equal length.

A room or apartment intended or used for a bed; a lodging room.

To extend over and beyond the base or support; to overhang; to jut. To the dreadful summit of the cliff That beetles o'er his base into the sea. Shak. Each beetling rampart, and each tower sublime. Wordsworth.

To mean, or intend. More than heart behighteth. Mir. for Mag.

Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to belligerents; as, a belligerent tone; belligerent rights.

That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen.

Tending to bless. Gauden.

A leaning or bias; proclivity; tendency of mind; inclination; disposition; purpose; aim. Shak. With a native bent did good pursue. Dryden.

Befitting associates or attendants. [Obs.] With such accommodation and besort As levels with her breeding. Shak.