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A musical stringed instrument, similar in form to a guitar; a pandore.

st or ankle; a ring bracelet. Bangle ear, a loose hanging ear of a horse, like that of a spaniel.

A promissory note issued by a bank or banking company, payable to bearer on demand.

One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc.

Any flag or standard; as, the star-spangled banner. Banner fish (Zoöl.), a large fish of the genus Histiophorus, of the Swordfish family, having a broad bannerlike dorsal fin; the sailfish. One species (H. Americanus) inhabits the North Atlantic.

or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast. Just in time to banquet The illustrious company assembled there. Coleridge.

Carved and painted work in imitation of Japan ware.

you live ten thousand years; -- used in salutation of the emperor and as a battle cry. [Japan]

Mere; alone; unaccompanied by anything else; as, a bare majority. "The bare necessaries of life." Addison. Nor are men prevailed upon by bare of naked truth. South. Under bare poles (Naut.), having no sail set.

An aneroid barometer for use with accompanying graphic diagrams and printed directions designed to aid mariners to interpret the indications of the barometer so as to determine the existence of a violent storm at a distance of several hundred miles.

cylindrical part of a boiler, containing the flues. -- Barrel of the ear (Anat.), the tympanum, or tympanic cavity. -- Barrel organ, an instrument for producing music by the action of a revolving cylinder. -- Barrel vault. See under Vault.

A sweet Spanish wine like muscadel in flavor. Brown bastard is your only drink. Shak.

A regiment, or two or more companies of a regiment, esp. when assembled for drill or battle.

A company or division of artillery, including the gunners, guns, horses, and all equipments. In the United States, a battery of flying artillery consists usually of six guns. Barbette battery. See Barbette. -- Battery d'enfilade, or Enfilading battery, one that sweeps the whole length of a line of troops or part of a…

To afford; to be to ; to supply with. bear him company. Pope.

Improperly, the unsupported span; as, the beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports.

To scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of rousing game. To beat the woods, and rouse the bounding prey. Prior.

A companion. [Obs.] Spenser.

The trepang.

A bedquilt; a counterpane; a coverlet. [U. S.]