Dictionary

Barmecide: Definition and part of speech

by

Barmecide

  1. n. One who proffers some illusory advantage or benefit. Also used as an adj.: Barmecidal.

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.

Barn: Definition and part of speech

by

Barn

  1. n. A child. [Obs.] See Bairn.
  2. n. 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.
  3. v. t. To lay up in a barn.

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.

Barnacle: Definition and part of speech

by

Barnacle

  1. sing. Spectacles; — so called from their resemblance to the barnacles used by farriers.
  2. n. Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber, ships, etc., esp. (a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies), and (b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and allies). See Cirripedia, and Goose barnacle.
  3. n. A bernicle goose.
  4. n. An instrument for pinching a horse’s nose, and thus restraining him.

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.