Helen Fenton

Barracan: Definition and part of speech

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Barracan

  1. n. A thick, strong stuff, somewhat like camlet; — still used for outer garments in the Levant.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Barrack: Definition and part of speech

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Barrack

  1. v. i. To live or lodge in barracks.
  2. n. A building for soldiers, especially when in garrison. Commonly in the pl., originally meaning temporary huts, but now usually applied to a permanent structure or set of buildings.
  3. n. A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc.
  4. v. t. To supply with barracks; to establish in barracks; as, to barrack troops.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Barracouata: Definition and part of speech

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Barracouata

  1. n. A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia and New Zealand (Thyrsites atun).
  2. n. A voracious pikelike, marine fish, of the genus Sphyraena, sometimes used as food.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Barrage: Definition and part of speech

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Barrage

  1. n. An artificial bar or obstruction placed in a river or water course to increase the depth of water; as, the barrages of the Nile.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.