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A part of the tiling which projects beyond the principal rafters, in buildings where there is a gable. Gwilt.

lkaline earth group; a metal having a silver-white 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,

A covered building 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 A…

A member of the radical section of the Democratic party in New York, about the middle of the 19th century, which was hostile to extension of slavery, public debts, corporate privileges, etc., and supported Van Buren against Cass for president in 1848; --opposed to Hunker. [Political Cant, U. S.]

It is made in its simplest form by filling a graduated glass tube about 34 inches long with mercury and inverting it in a cup containing mercury. The column of mercury in the tube descends until balanced by the weight of the atmosphere, and its rise or fall under varying conditions is a measure of the change in the atm…

iginally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and Germany, a nobleman next in rank below a count; in England, a nobleman of the lowest grade in the House of Lords, being next below a viscount.

The dignity or rank of a baron.

State or rank of a baronet.

The rank or patent of a baronet.

A kind of cutting weapon with a thick back and thin razorlike edge, used by the Moros of the Philippine Islands.

The fee or domain of a baron; the lordship, dignity, or rank of a baron.

A ravine caused by heavy rains or a watercourse. [Texas & N. Mex.]

Tainter with, or constituting, barratry. -- Bar"ra*trous*ly, adv. Kent.

Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; "Barren mountain tracts." Macaulay.

A fence or railing to mark the limits of a place, or to keep back a crowd. No sooner were the barriers opened, than he paced into the lists. Sir W. Scott.

phia nitida), from Angola and the Gaboon in Africa. It is used as a dyewood, and also for ramrods, violin bows and turner's work.

Grave and deep, as a kind of male voice.

Having the nerves radiating from the base; -- said of leaves.

Of little comparative value, as metal inferior to gold and silver, the precious metals.

mically greater than that of the acid, or exceeding in proportion that of the related neutral salt.