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eeped in tanning. -- Bark stove (Hort.), a glazed structure for keeping tropical plants, having a bed of tanner's bark (called a bark bed) or other fermentable matter which produces a moist heat.

ison. Nor are men prevailed upon by bare of naked truth. South. Under bare poles (Naut.), having no sail set.

Having the back uncovered; as, a barebacked horse.

Having the feet bare.

Having bare hands.

Having the head uncovered; as, a bareheaded girl.

Having the legs bare.

Having the neck bare.

One of the elements, belonging to the alkaline earth group; a metal having a silver-white color, and melting at a very high temperature. It is difficult to obtain the pure metal, from the facility with which it becomes oxidized in the air. Atomic weight,

A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast squarerigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.

Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.

A threemasted vessel, having the foremast square-rigged, and the others schooner-rigged. [Spelled also barquentine, barkantine, etc.] See Illust. in Append.

tripod support, and long scale, for measuring heights. -- Siphon barometer, a barometer having a tube bent like a hook with the longer leg closed at the top. The height of the mercury in the longer leg shows the pressure of the atmosphere. -- Wheel barometer, a barometer with recurved tube, and a float, from which a…

A dignity or degree of honor next below a baron and above a knight, having precedency of all orders of knights except those of the Garter. It is the lowest degree of honor that is hereditary. The baronets are commoners.

ater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads.

Having a barrel; -- used in composition; as, a double-barreled gun.

An herbaceous plant of the Barberry family (Epimedium alpinum), having leaves that are bitter and said to be sudorific.

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

A support having handles, and with or without a wheel, on which heavy or bulky things can be transported by hand. See Handbarrow, and Wheelbarrow.

A diminutive of the bar, having one fourth its width.