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A right of digging turf on another man's land; also, the ground where turf is dug.

To remove a bar or bars from; to unbolt; to open; as, to unbar a gate. Heber.

Destitute of bards, or of reversed points, hairs, or plumes; as, an unbarded feather.

To deprive of the bark; to decorticate; to strip; as, to unbark a tree. Bacon.

To remove or release from a barrel or barrels.

To unbolt; to unbar; to open. You shall not unbarricade the door. J. Webster (1623).

Not obstructed by barricades; open; as, unbarricadoed streets. Burke.

Not embarrassed. Specifically: --

Freedom from embarrassment.

Consisting of a single lobe.

To fasten with a bar. [R.]

One who coins words. [R.] Southey gives himself free scope as a verbarian. Fitzed. Hall.

A game in word making. See Logomachy, 2.

A barometer in which the changes of atmospheric pressure are indicated by the motion of a column of water instead of mercury. It requires a column of water about thirty-three feet in height.

A light vehicle for conveying small loads. It has two handles and one wheel, and is rolled by a single person.

The aromatic bark of tree (Drimys, or Drymis, Winteri) of the Magnolia family, which is found in Southern Chili. It was first used as a cure for scurvy by its discoverer, Captain John Winter, vice admiral to sir Francis Drake, in 1577.

A barbarous corruption of have, of he, and sometimes of it and of they. "So would I a done" "A brushes his hat." Shak.

Barking; baying of dogs upon their prey. See Bay. [Obs.]

To lay bare, as the roots of a tree. [Obs.] Bailey.

The act or process of laying bare the roots of trees to expose them to the air and water. [Obs.] Evelyn.