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A man in a rule, savage, or uncivilized state.

An uncivilized state or condition; rudeness of manners; ignorance of arts, learning, and literature; barbarousness. Prescott.

The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.

Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country.

The quality or state of being barbarous; barbarity; barbarism.

The state of being a bard.

The state of being bare.

ge; as, to bargain away one's birthright. "The heir . . . had somehow bargained away the estate." G. Eliot.

A pleasure boat; a vessel or boat of state, elegantly furnished and decorated.

A small beetle of many species (family Scolytidæ), which in the larval state bores under or in the bark of trees, often doing great damage.

lding used chiefly for storing grain, hay, and other productions of a farm. In the United States a part of the barn is often used for stables. Barn owl (Zoöl.), an owl of Europe and America (Aluco flammeus, or Strix flammea), which frequents barns and other buildings. -- Barn swallow (Zoöl.), the common American swall…

State or rank of a baronet.

Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base, or low, and the tenant, a base tenant. Base fee, formerly, an estate held at the will of the lord; now, a qualified fee. See note under Fee, n., 4. -- Base metal. See under Metal.…

The quality or state of being a base.

The state of being a bastard; bastardy.

The state of being a bastard; illegitimacy.

sion 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 work. -- Battery…

A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible. Embolden'd by despair, he stood at bay. Dryden. The most terrible evils are just kept at bay by incessant efforts. I. Taylor

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

The state of being, or the personality of, a beadle. A. Wood.