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d 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 swallow (Hirundo horreorum), which attaches its ne…

nd suspended in gimbals from an arm or support on shipboard. -- Mountain barometer, a portable mercurial barometer with tripod support, and long scale, for measuring heights. -- Siphon barometer, a barometer having a tube bent like a hook with the longer leg closed at the top. The height of the mercury in the longer…

To supply with barracks; to establish in barracks; as, to barrack troops.

Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty. Brilliant but barren reveries. Prescott. Some schemes will appear barren of hints and matter. Swift.

The number from which a mathematical table is constructed; as, the base of a system of logarithms.

A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.

To stab with a bayonet.

A fair for the sale of fancy wares, toys, etc., commonly for a charitable objects. Macaulay.

Fig.: A spy or detective; a constable.

The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans. Bean aphis (Zoöl.), a plant louse (Aphis fabæ) which infests the bean plant. -- Bean fly (Zoöl.), a fly found on bean flowers. -- Bean goose (Zoöl.), a species of goose (Anser segetum). -- Bean weevil (Zoöl.), a small weevil tha…

To sustain; to have on (written or inscribed, or as a mark), as, the tablet bears this inscription.

To suit or be suitable to; to be congruous with; to befit; to accord with, in character or circumstances; to be worthy of, or proper for; to cause to appear well; -- said of persons and things. It becomes me so to speak of so excellent a poet. Dryden. I have known persons so anxious to have their dress become them, as…

Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting. A low and becoming tone. Thackeray.

A chair with adjustable back, for the sick, to support them while sitting up in bed.

A steak of beef; a slice of beef broiled or suitable for broiling.

ot of plants of the genus Beta, different species and varieties of which are used for the table, for feeding stock, or in making sugar.

To be suitable to; to suit; to become. That name best befits thee. Milton.

Suitable; proper; becoming; fitting.

In a befitting manner; suitably.

In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded. Rich and much beforehand. Bacon.