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Anthyllis Barba-JovisSilver Sil"ver, a.
1. Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver
leaf; a silver cup.
2. Resembling silver. Specifically:
(a) Bright; resplendent; white. ``Silver hair.' --Shak.
Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed Their
downy breast. --Milton.
(b) Precious; costly.
(c) Giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear. ``Silver
voices.' --Spenser.
(d) Sweet; gentle; peaceful. ``Silver slumber.'
--Spenser.
American silver fir (Bot.), the balsam fir. See under
Balsam.
Silver age (Roman Lit.), the latter part (a. d. 14-180) of
the classical period of Latinity, -- the time of writers
of inferior purity of language, as compared with those of
the previous golden age, so-called.
Silver-bell tree (Bot.), an American shrub or small tree
(Halesia tetraptera) with white bell-shaped flowers in
clusters or racemes; the snowdrop tree.
Silver bush (Bot.), a shrubby leguminous plant (Anthyllis
Barba-Jovis) of Southern Europe, having silvery foliage.
Silver chub (Zo["o]l.), the fallfish.
Silver eel. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The cutlass fish.
(b) A pale variety of the common eel.
Silver fir (Bot.), a coniferous tree (Abies pectinata)
found in mountainous districts in the middle and south of
Europe, where it often grows to the height of 100 or 150
feet. It yields Burgundy pitch and Strasburg turpentine.
Silver foil, foil made of silver.
Silver fox (Zo["o]l.), a variety of the common fox (Vulpes
vulpes, variety argenteus) found in the northern parts
of Asia, Europe, and America. Its fur is nearly black,
with silvery tips, and is highly valued. Called also
black fox, and silver-gray fox.
Silver gar. (Zo["o]l.) See Billfish
(a) .
Silver grain (Bot.), the lines or narrow plates of cellular
tissue which pass from the pith to the bark of an
exogenous stem; the medullary rays. In the wood of the oak
they are much larger than in that of the beech, maple,
pine, cherry, etc.
Silver grebe (Zo["o]l.), the red-throated diver. See
Illust. under Diver.
Silver hake (Zo["o]l.), the American whiting.
Silver leaf, leaves or sheets made of silver beaten very
thin.
Silver lunge (Zo["o]l.), the namaycush.
Silver moonfish.(Zo["o]l.) See Moonfish
(b) .
Silver moth (Zo["o]l.), a lepisma.
Silver owl (Zo["o]l.), the barn owl.
Silver perch (Zo["o]l.), the mademoiselle, 2.
Silver pheasant (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
beautiful crested and long-tailed Asiatic pheasants, of
the genus Euplocamus. They have the tail and more or
less of the upper parts silvery white. The most common
species (E. nychtemerus) is native of China.
Silver plate, domestic utensils made of silver. BarbacanBarbacan Bar"ba*can, n.
See Barbican. Barbacan
Barbican Bar"bi*can, Barbacan Bar"ba*can, n. [OE. barbican,
barbecan, F. barbacane, LL. barbacana, barbicana, of
uncertain origin: cf. Ar. barbakh aqueduct, sewer. F.
barbacane also means, an opening to let out water, loophole.]
1. (Fort.) A tower or advanced work defending the entrance to
a castle or city, as at a gate or bridge. It was often
large and strong, having a ditch and drawbridge of its
own.
2. An opening in the wall of a fortress, through which
missiles were discharged upon an enemy.
BarbacanageBarbacanage Bar"ba*can*age, n.
See Barbicanage. BarbacanageBarbicanage Bar"bi*can*age, Barbacanage Bar"ba*can*age, n.
[LL. barbicanagium. See Barbican.]
Money paid for the support of a barbican. [Obs.] Barbadian
Barbadian Bar*ba"di*an, a.
Of or pertaining to Barbados. -- n. A native of Barbados.
BarbadoesBarbados Bar*ba"dos or Barbadoes Bar*ba"does, n.
A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a
cherry, etc.
Barbados cherry (Bot.), a genus of trees of the West Indies
(Malpighia) with an agreeably acid fruit resembling a
cherry.
Barbados leg (Med.), a species of elephantiasis incident to
hot climates.
Barbados nuts, the seeds of the Jatropha curcas, a plant
growing in South America and elsewhere. The seeds and
their acrid oil are used in medicine as a purgative. See
Physic nut. Barbadoes gooseberryGooseberry Goose"ber*ry, n.; pl. Gooseberries, [Corrupted
for groseberry or groiseberry, fr. OF. groisele, F.
groseille, -- of German origin; cf. G. krausbeere,
kr["a]uselbeere (fr. kraus crisp), D. kruisbes, kruisbezie
(as if crossberry, fr. kruis cross; for kroesbes, kroesbezie,
fr. kroes crisp), Sw. krusb["a]r (fr. krus, krusing, crisp).
The first part of the word is perh. akin to E. curl. Cf.
Grossular, a.]
1. (Bot.) Any thorny shrub of the genus Ribes; also, the
edible berries of such shrub. There are several species,
of which Ribes Grossularia is the one commonly
cultivated.
2. A silly person; a goose cap. --Goldsmith.
Barbadoes gooseberry, a climbing prickly shrub (Pereskia
aculeata) of the West Indies, which bears edible berries
resembling gooseberries.
Coromandel gooseberry. See Carambola.
Gooseberry fool. See lst Fool.
Gooseberry worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a small moth
(Dakruma convolutella). It destroys the gooseberry by
eating the interior. BarbadosBarbados Bar*ba"dos or Barbadoes Bar*ba"does, n.
A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a
cherry, etc.
Barbados cherry (Bot.), a genus of trees of the West Indies
(Malpighia) with an agreeably acid fruit resembling a
cherry.
Barbados leg (Med.), a species of elephantiasis incident to
hot climates.
Barbados nuts, the seeds of the Jatropha curcas, a plant
growing in South America and elsewhere. The seeds and
their acrid oil are used in medicine as a purgative. See
Physic nut. Barbados cherryBarbados Bar*ba"dos or Barbadoes Bar*ba"does, n.
A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a
cherry, etc.
Barbados cherry (Bot.), a genus of trees of the West Indies
(Malpighia) with an agreeably acid fruit resembling a
cherry.
Barbados leg (Med.), a species of elephantiasis incident to
hot climates.
Barbados nuts, the seeds of the Jatropha curcas, a plant
growing in South America and elsewhere. The seeds and
their acrid oil are used in medicine as a purgative. See
Physic nut. Barbados legBarbados Bar*ba"dos or Barbadoes Bar*ba"does, n.
A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a
cherry, etc.
Barbados cherry (Bot.), a genus of trees of the West Indies
(Malpighia) with an agreeably acid fruit resembling a
cherry.
Barbados leg (Med.), a species of elephantiasis incident to
hot climates.
Barbados nuts, the seeds of the Jatropha curcas, a plant
growing in South America and elsewhere. The seeds and
their acrid oil are used in medicine as a purgative. See
Physic nut. Barbados nutsBarbados Bar*ba"dos or Barbadoes Bar*ba"does, n.
A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a
cherry, etc.
Barbados cherry (Bot.), a genus of trees of the West Indies
(Malpighia) with an agreeably acid fruit resembling a
cherry.
Barbados leg (Med.), a species of elephantiasis incident to
hot climates.
Barbados nuts, the seeds of the Jatropha curcas, a plant
growing in South America and elsewhere. The seeds and
their acrid oil are used in medicine as a purgative. See
Physic nut. Barbaic
Barbaic Bar*ba"ic, a. [L. barbaricus foreign, barbaric, Gr.
?.]
1. Of, or from, barbarian nations; foreign; -- often with
reference to barbarous nations of east. ``Barbaric pearl
and gold.' --Milton.
2. Of or pertaining to, or resembling, an uncivilized person
or people; barbarous; barbarian; destitute of refinement.
``Wild, barbaric music.' --Sir W. Scott.
Barbara
Barbara Bar"ba*ra, n. [Coined by logicians.] (Logic)
The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent the
various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism
whose three propositions are universal affirmatives.
--Whately.
Barbaresque
Barbaresque Bar`ba*resque", a.
Barbaric in form or style; as, barbaresque architecture. --De
Quincey.
BarbarianBarbarian Bar*ba"ri*an, n. [See Barbarous.]
1. A foreigner. [Historical]
Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I
shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he
that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me. --? Cor.
xiv. 11.
2. A man in a rule, savage, or uncivilized state.
3. A person destitute of culture. --M. Arnold.
4. A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or
humanity. ``Thou fell barbarian.' --Philips. Barbarian
Barbarian Bar*ba"ri*an, a.
Of, or pertaining to, or resembling, barbarians; rude;
uncivilized; barbarous; as, barbarian governments or nations.
BarbarismBarbarism Bar"ba*rism, n. [L. barbarismus, Gr. ?; cf. F.
barbarisme.]
1. An uncivilized state or condition; rudeness of manners;
ignorance of arts, learning, and literature;
barbarousness. --Prescott.
2. A barbarous, cruel, or brutal action; an outrage.
A heinous barbarism . . . against the honor of
marriage. --Milton.
3. An offense against purity of style or language; any form
of speech contrary to the pure idioms of a particular
language. See Solecism.
The Greeks were the first that branded a foreign
term in any of their writers with the odious name of
barbarism. --G. Campbell. BarbaritiesBarbarity Bar*bar"i*ty, n.; pl. Barbarities. [From
Barbarous.]
The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.
2. Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity.
Treating Christians with a barbarity which would
have shocked the very Moslem. --Macaulay.
3. A barbarous or cruel act.
4. Barbarism; impurity of speech. [Obs.] --Swift. BarbarityBarbarity Bar*bar"i*ty, n.; pl. Barbarities. [From
Barbarous.]
The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.
2. Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity.
Treating Christians with a barbarity which would
have shocked the very Moslem. --Macaulay.
3. A barbarous or cruel act.
4. Barbarism; impurity of speech. [Obs.] --Swift. BarbarizeBarbarize Bar"ba*rize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Barbarized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Barbarizing.]
1. To become barbarous.
The Roman empire was barbarizing rapidly from the
time of Trajan. --De Quincey.
2. To adopt a foreign or barbarous mode of speech.
The ill habit . . . of wretched barbarizing against
the Latin and Greek idiom, with their untutored
Anglicisms. --Milton. Barbarize
Barbarize Bar"ba*rize, v. t. [Cf. F. barbariser, LL.
barbarizare.]
To make barbarous.
The hideous changes which have barbarized France.
--Burke.
BarbarizedBarbarize Bar"ba*rize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Barbarized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Barbarizing.]
1. To become barbarous.
The Roman empire was barbarizing rapidly from the
time of Trajan. --De Quincey.
2. To adopt a foreign or barbarous mode of speech.
The ill habit . . . of wretched barbarizing against
the Latin and Greek idiom, with their untutored
Anglicisms. --Milton. BarbarizingBarbarize Bar"ba*rize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Barbarized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Barbarizing.]
1. To become barbarous.
The Roman empire was barbarizing rapidly from the
time of Trajan. --De Quincey.
2. To adopt a foreign or barbarous mode of speech.
The ill habit . . . of wretched barbarizing against
the Latin and Greek idiom, with their untutored
Anglicisms. --Milton. BarbarousBarbarous Bar"ba*rous, a. [L. barbarus, Gr. ?, strange,
foreign; later, slavish, rude, ignorant; akin to L. balbus
stammering, Skr. barbara stammering, outlandish. Cf. Brave,
a.]
1. Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude;
peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a
barbarous country.
2. Foreign; adapted to a barbaric taste. [Obs.]
Barbarous gold. --Dryden.
3. Cruel; ferocious; inhuman; merciless.
By their barbarous usage he died within a few days,
to the grief of all that knew him. --Clarendon.
4. Contrary to the pure idioms of a language.
A barbarous expression --G. Campbell.
Syn: Uncivilized; unlettered; uncultivated; untutored;
ignorant; merciless; brutal. See Ferocious. Barbarously
Barbarously Bar"ba*rous*ly, adv.
In a barbarous manner.
Barbarousness
Barbarousness Bar"ba*rous*ness, n.
The quality or state of being barbarous; barbarity;
barbarism.
BarbaryBarbary Bar"ba*ry, n. [Fr. Ar. Barbar the people of Barbary.]
The countries on the north coast of Africa from Egypt to the
Atlantic. Hence: A Barbary horse; a barb. [Obs.] Also, a kind
of pigeon.
Barbary ape (Zo["o]l.), an ape (Macacus innus) of north
Africa and Gibraltar Rock, being the only monkey
inhabiting Europe. It is very commonly trained by showmen. Barbary apeBarbary Bar"ba*ry, n. [Fr. Ar. Barbar the people of Barbary.]
The countries on the north coast of Africa from Egypt to the
Atlantic. Hence: A Barbary horse; a barb. [Obs.] Also, a kind
of pigeon.
Barbary ape (Zo["o]l.), an ape (Macacus innus) of north
Africa and Gibraltar Rock, being the only monkey
inhabiting Europe. It is very commonly trained by showmen.
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