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A large black seaweed (Alaria esculenta) sometimes eaten in Europe; -- also called murlins, honeyware, and henware.

A peculiar marine worm. See Enteropneusta, and Tornaria.

otter. [Local, U.S.] -- Bank swallow, a small American and European swallow (Clivicola riparia) that nests in a hole which it excavates in a bank.

s, Damaras, Bechuanas, and many tribes whose names begin with Aba-, Ama-, Ba-, Ma-, Wa-, variants of the Bantu plural personal prefix Aba-, as in Ba-ntu, or Aba-ntu, itself a combination of this prefix with the syllable -ntu, a person. -- Ban"tu, a.

Of, or from, barbarian nations; foreign; -- often with reference to barbarous nations of east. "Barbaric pearl and gold." Milton.

The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.

Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country.

Barbarian. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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

An instrument for recording automatically the variations of atmospheric pressure.

A form of barometer so constructed as to inscribe of itself upon paper a record of the variations of atmospheric pressure.

A tree (Pyrus aria) related to the apple.

A genus of plants (Uvularia) with yellowish bell-shaped flowers.

The song of Zacharias at the birth of John the Baptist (Luke i. 68); -- so named from the first word of the Latin version.

That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and determined by their utility; also, the theory that the sensibility to pleasure and the recoil from pain are the only motives which influence human desires and actions, and that these are the…

A librarian.

A librarian. [Obs.] Evelin.

Relating to books printed at Deuxponts, or Bipontium (Zweibrücken), in Bavaria.

migratory bird. -- Bird spider (Zoöl.), a very large South American spider (Mygale avicularia). It is said sometimes to capture and kill small birds. -- Bird tick (Zoöl.), a dipterous insect parasitic upon birds (genus Ornithomyia, and allies), usually winged.

Goutweed (Ægopodium podagraria).