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ays in barns when a theatre is lacking; hence, an inferior actor, or one who plays in the country away from the larger cities. --Barn"storm`ing, n. [Theatrical Cant]

enants under him; in modern times, in France and Germany, a nobleman next in rank below a count; in England, a nobleman of the lowest grade in the House of Lords, being next below a viscount.

A fortress or fortified town, on the frontier of a country, commanding an avenue of approach.

In Spain and countries colonized by Spain, a village, ward, or district outside a town or city to whose jurisdiction it belongs.

A room containing a bar or counter at which liquors are sold.

the principle of the seesaw, in which one end rises as the other falls. Bascule bridge, a counterpoise or balanced drawbridge, which is opened by sinking the counterpoise and thus lifting the footway into the air.

A place or tract of country, protected by fortifications, or by natural advantages, from which the operations of an army proceed, forward movements are made, supplies are furnished, etc.

To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance. [Obs.] His countenance was bold and bashed not. Spenser.

The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake.

Pertaining to the country, people, or language of Biscay; Basque [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Rate of exchange; also, the discount on uncurrent coins. [India]

A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.

perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the phrases to tell beads, to at one's beads, to bid beads, etc., meaning, to be at prayer.

gue of persons, for the rest of whose souls a certain number of prayers are to be said or counted off on the beads of a chaplet; hence, a catalogue in general. On Fame's eternal beadroll worthy to be field. Spenser. It is quite startling, on going over the beadroll of English worthies, to find how few are directly repr…

By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that. Milton.

A bedquilt; a counterpane; a coverlet. [U. S.]

To act as a friend to; to favor; to aid, benefit, or countenance. By the darkness befriended. Longfellow.

behalf of his nation. Clarendon. In behalf of, in the interest of. -- On behalf of, on account of; on the part of.

ry; backward; late; tardy; as, behindhand in studies or in work. In this also [dress] the country are very much behindhand. Addison.

Of or pertaining to the Belgæ, a German tribe who anciently possessed the country between the Rhine, the Seine, and the ocean. How unlike their Belgic sires of old. Goldsmith.