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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



13 words match “BARIC”

BARIC a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to barium; as, baric oxide.
BARBARIC a. 2 definitions
om, barbarian nations; foreign; -- often with reference to barbarous nations of east. "Barbaric pearl and gold." Milton.
CENTROBARIC a.
Relating to the center of gravity, or to the process of finding it. Centrobaric method (Math.), a process invented for the purpose of measuring the area or the volume generated by the rotation of a line or surface about a fixed axis, depending upon the principle that every figure formed by the revolution of a line or s…
ISOBARIC a.
Denoting equal pressure; as, an isobaric line; specifically, of or pertaining to isobars.
SEMIBARBARIC a.
Half barbarous or uncivilized; as, semibarbaric display.
BARBARESQUE a.
Barbaric in form or style; as, barbaresque architecture. De Quincey.
BARBAROUS a.
Foreign; adapted to a barbaric taste.[Obs.] Barbarous gold. Dryden.
EAST n.
ast; the kings of the East. The gorgeous East, with richest hand, Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold. Milton.
ISOBAR n.
eight, especially in atmospheric pressure. Also, the theory, method, or application of isobaric science.
ISOBARISM n.
eight, especially in atmospheric pressure. Also, the theory, method, or application of isobaric science.
RICH a.
h in some great action. Rowe. The gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold. Milton.
SILVERBILL n.
An Old World finch of the genus Minia, as the M. Malabarica of India, and M. cantans of Africa.
TORQUE n.
A collar or neck chain, usually twisted, especially as worn by ancient barbaric nations, as the Gauls, Germans, and Britons.