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To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel.

Instruments used in taking off the bark of trees. Gardner.

Formerly, a local judge among miners; now, an officer of the barmote. [Eng.]

One who proffers some illusory advantage or benefit. Also used as an adj.: Barmecidal. "A Barmecide feast." Dickens.

Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- She was barren of children. Bp. Hall.

Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt.

ille", formerly a castle or fortress in Paris, used as a prison, especially for political offenders; hence, a rhetorical name for a prison.

ally: A form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others, consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his feet.

An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court. Mozley & W.

A cofferdam. Brande & C.

A horse which carries an officer's baggage during a campaign.

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.

Extra pay; esp. an extra allowance to an English officer serving in India. Whitworth.

A kind of broadax formerly used as an offensive weapon.

A small body of water set off from the main body; as a compartment containing water for a wheel; the portion of a canal just outside of the gates of a lock, etc.

In the United States navy, a sick-bay nurse; -- now officially designated as hospital apprentice.

d fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offense and defense.

speak for). (c) To make the action of a verb particular or definite; as, beget (to get as offspring); beset (to set around).

An officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students. [Eng.]

Office or jurisdiction of a beadle.