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A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland. Grabb. J. Q. Adams.

ing (something once possessed, or something one should possess). "Bankrupt in gratitude." Sheridan. Bankrupt law, a law by which the property of a person who is unable or unwilling to pay his debts may be taken and distributed to his creditors, and by which a person who has made a full surrender of his property, and is…

egale one's self with good eating and drinking; to feast. Were it a draught for Juno when she banquets, I would not taste thy treasonous offer. Milton.

A narrow window seat; a raised shelf at the back or the top of a buffet or dresser.

me additional trunks, until it may be the tree covers some acres of ground and is able to shelter thousands of men.

A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also improperly called whiting.

Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed wire. Barbed wire, a wire, or a strand of twisted wires, armed with barbs or sharp points. It is used for fences.

A slender tactile organ on the lips of certain fished.

Destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished or scantily furnished; -- used with of (rarely with in) before the thing wanting or taken away; as, a room bare of furniture. "A bare treasury." Dryden.

The thing stipulated or purchased; also, anything bought cheap. She was too fond of her most filthy bargain. Shak. Bargain and sale (Law), a species of conveyance, by which the bargainor contracts to convey the lands to the bargainee, and becomes by such contract a trustee for and seized to the use of the bargainee. Th…

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

of Salsola from which soda is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and lixiviating the ashes.

h century, 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.

he judges of the Court of Exchequer, one of the three ancient courts of England, now abolished.

Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- She was barren of children. Bp. Hall.

unsel admitted to plead at the bar, and undertake the public trial of causes, as distinguished from an attorney or solicitor. See Attorney. [Eng.]

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

Same as Basil, a sheepskin.

om which the operations of an army proceed, forward movements are made, supplies are furnished, etc.

ncert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance. [Obs.] His countenance was bold and bashed not. Spenser.