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Same as 3d Bark, n.

A remarkable Australian fresh-water ganoid fish of the genus Ceratodus.

A large American owl (Syrnium nebulosum); -- so called from the transverse bars of a dark brown color on the breast.

A fence or railing to mark the limits of a place, or to keep back a crowd. No sooner were the barriers opened, than he paced into the lists. Sir W. Scott.

A large, dark-colored, South American monkey, of the genus Lagothrix, having a long prehensile tail.

A barkeeper.

Not marked with an accent on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.

Any one of the four bounds which mark the circuit of the infield. Altern base. See under Altern. -- Attic base. (Arch.) See under Attic. -- Base course. (Arch.) (a) The first or lower course of a foundation wall, made of large stones of a mass of concrete; -- called also foundation course. (b) The architectural membe…

The skin of a sheep tanned with bark.

The linden or lime tree, sometimes wrongly called whitewood; also, its bark, which is used for making mats. See Bast.

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

To mark with tar, as sheep. [Prov. Eng.]

An ordinary with its ends cut off, borne sinister as a mark of bastardy, and containing one fourth in breadth of the bend sinister; -- called also bastard bar. See Bend sinister.

ompartment of the walls, roof, or other part of a building, or of the whole building, as marked off by the buttresses, vaulting, mullions of a window, etc.; one of the main divisions of any structure, as the part of a bridge between two piers.

sh, sometimes without perceptible movement except from tide and wind. [Southern U. S.] A dark slender thread of a bayou moves loiteringly northeastward into a swamp of huge cypresses. G. W. Cable.

In the East, an exchange, marketplace, or assemblage of shops where goods are exposed for sale.

A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.

An ornament used in rich Norman doorways, resembling a head with a beak. Parker.

To sustain; to have on (written or inscribed, or as a mark), as, the tablet bears this inscription.

Arkansas; -- a nickname, from the many bears once inhabiting its forests.