Helen Fenton

Barely: Definition and part of speech

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Barely

  1. adv. But just; without any excess; with nothing to spare ( of quantity, time, etc.); hence, scarcely; hardly; as, there was barely enough for all; he barely escaped.
  2. adv. Without covering; nakedly.
  3. adv. Without concealment or disguise.
  4. adv. Merely; only.

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.

Barbet: Definition and part of speech

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Barbet

  1. n. A larva that feeds on aphides.
  2. n. A variety of small dog, having long curly hair.
  3. n. A bird of the family Bucconidae, allied to the Cuckoos, having a large, conical beak swollen at the base, and bearded with five bunches of stiff bristles; the puff bird. It inhabits tropical America and Africa.

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.

Barbette: Definition and part of speech

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Barbette

  1. n. A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.

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.

Barbiers: Definition and part of speech

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Barbiers

  1. n. A variety of paralysis, peculiar to India and the Malabar coast; — considered by many to be the same as beriberi in chronic form.

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.