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A follower of Henry Barrowe, one of the founders of Independency or Congregationalism in England. Barrowe was executed for nonconformity in 1953.

A diminutive of the bar, having one fourth its width.

Traversed by barrulets or small bars; -- said of the field.

, Divided into bars; -- said of the field.

The common perch. See 1st Bass. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

A barkeeper.

To trade or exchange in the way of barter; to exchange (frequently for an unworthy consideration); to traffic; to truck; -- sometimes followed by away; as, to barter away goods or honor.

One who barters.

Barter. [Obs.] Camden.

A place of shelter for cattle. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Time of the festival of St. Bartholomew, August 24th. Shak.

A small, overhanging structure for lookout or defense, usually projecting at an angle of a building or near an entrance gateway.

A Bartlett pear, a favorite kind of pear, which originated in England about 1770, and was called Williams' Bonchrétien. It was brought to America, and distributed by Mr. Enoch Bartlett, of Dorchester, Massachusetts.

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

See Bertram. Johnson.

A passage into a field or yard, closed by bars made to take out of the posts.

Horizontally.

A red wood of a leguminous 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.

Of or pertaining to the center of gravity. See Barycentric calculus, under Calculus.

Difficulty of speech.