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law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at Nisi Prius, or a court held for jury trials. See Banc. Burrill.

A sum equal to the interest at a given rate on the principal (face) of a bill or note from the time of discounting until it becomes due.

Being a bankrupt or in a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay, or legally discharged from paying, one's debts; as, a bankrupt merchant.

A variety of small barnyard fowl, with feathered legs, probably brought from Bantam, a district of Java.

ce by avoiding food containing much farinaceous, saccharine, or oily matter; -- so called from William Banting of London.

of horseshoe having a bar across the usual opening at the heel, to protect a tender frog from injury. -- Bar shot, a double headed shot, consisting of a bar, with a ball or half ball at each end; -- formerly used for destroying the masts or rigging in naval combat. -- Bar sinister (Her.), a term popularly but errone…

The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else. "Having two barbs or points." Ascham.

Of, or from, barbarian nations; foreign; -- often with reference to barbarous nations of east. "Barbaric pearl and gold." Milton.

To become barbarous. The Roman empire was barbarizing rapidly from the time of Trajan. De Quincey.

The countries on the north coast of Africa from Egypt to the Atlantic. Hence: A Barbary horse; a barb. [Obs.] Also, a kind of pigeon. Barbary ape (Zoöl.), an ape (Macacus innus) of north Africa and Gibraltar Rock, being the only monkey inhabiting Europe. It is very commonly trained by showmen.

A name given to several species of Salsola from which soda is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and lixiviating the ashes.

color, and melting at a very high temperature. It is difficult to obtain the pure metal, from the facility with which it becomes oxidized in the air. Atomic weight,

To strip the bark from; to peel.

Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.

tury, worked by a form of reaction wheel. The water flows into a vertical tube and gushes from apertures in hollow horizontal arms, causing the machine to revolve on its axis.

uable grain, of the family of grasses, genus Hordeum, used for food, and for making malt, from which are prepared beer, ale, and whisky. Barley bird (Zoöl.), the siskin. -- Barley sugar, sugar boiled till it is brittle (formerly with a decoction of barley) and candied. -- Barley water, a decoction of barley, used in…

Liquor made from barley; strong ale. [Humorous] [Scot.] Burns.

cks of barley, or other grain, in which some of the party attempt to catch others who run from a goal.

A member of a religious order, named from St. Barnabas.

Spectacles; -- so called from their resemblance to the barnacles used by farriers. [Cant, Eng.] Dickens.