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

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

ometz), which, when specially prepared and inverted, somewhat resembles a lamb; -- called also Scythian lamb.

A baron's wife; also, a lady who holds the baronial title in her own right; as, the Baroness Burdett-Coutts.

Any instrument showing the changes in the weight of the atmosphere; also, less appropriately, any instrument that indicates - or foreshadows changes of the weather, as a deep vial of liquid holding in suspension some substance which rises and falls with atmospheric changes.

A resin, called also galipot.

The practice of exciting and encouraging lawsuits and quarrels. [Also spelt barretry.] Coke. Blackstone.

The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31

A kind of cap formerly worn by soldiers; -- called also barret cap. Also, the flat cap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics.

The demesne lands of a manor; also, the manor itself. [Eng.] Burton.

tree (Baphia nitida), from Angola and the Gaboon in Africa. It is used as a dyewood, and also for ramrods, violin bows and turner's work.

ulpture, the figures of which project less than half of their true proportions; -- called also bassrelief and basso- rilievo. See Alto-rilievo.

consisting of augite and triclinic feldspar, with grains of magnetic or titanic iron, and also bottle- green particles of olivine frequently disseminated.

A light helmet, at first open, but later made with a visor. [Written also basinet, bassinet, basnet.]

The lower part of a complete architectural design, as of a monument; also, the lower part of any elaborate piece of furniture or decoration.

the walls of a room and touching the floor, to form a base and protect the plastering; -- also called washboard (in England), mopboard, and scrubboard.

thyroid gland, prominence of the eyeballs, and inordinate action of the heart; -- called also exophthalmic goiter. Flint.

A short sword or dagger, worn in the fifteenth century. [Written also baslard.] Fairholt.

A very large siluroid fish (Leptops olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; -- also called goujon, mud cat, and yellow cat.

al are made to the molten charge during treatment. Opposed to acid process, above. Called also Thomas process.